Chipstead Valley Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Coulsdon, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.481 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chipstead Valley Primary School is a primary school in Coulsdon, Croydon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 15 May 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Chipstead Valley Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.481 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.481 miles away, the 8th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.44 miles).
- Reception last distances have swung sharply, most of all from 2025 to 2026; the 2026 figure was nearer the school than in 2025 and the shortest of the 4 years.
- Reception 2026 drew 121 first-choice applications for 89 offers; 88 offers went to first-choice families, and 33 first-choice families (27%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Croydon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Croydon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, CR5 3BW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 684 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 15 May 2024
Strengths
- “This is a happy, caring and thoroughly inclusive school.”
- “This is evident in the way that pupils play with their friends, including those in the specially resourced provision.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school and their personal achievements.”
To improve
- “The school has actions in place to ensure that standards of writing improve, so that a greater proportion of pupils make strong progress by the end of Year 6.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 67% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 121 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 88 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Croydon.
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Smitham Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodcote Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Byron 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Coulsdon CofE Primary School 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Beaumont Primary School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- New Valley Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Keston Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published