Fairchildes Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.872 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fairchildes Primary School is a primary school in Croydon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Fairchildes 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 | 5.872 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
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 6 February 2024, while 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Croydon are rated Good.
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 5.872 miles away, the longest of the 4 years with a published distance and further than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 50 first-choice applications for 58 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Fairchildes Avenue, New Addington, Croydon, CR0 0AH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 497 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “Everyone in the school’s community plays a part in making this a safe, caring and highly ambitious school.”
- “Pupils routinely take on roles of responsibility in the school, including as ‘Hallway Heroes’ and ‘Playground Pals’ to help make the school a calm and purposeful place.”
- “Staff share the highest ambition for pupils’ achievement.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 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) | 70% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 50 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.
- Rowdown Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tudor Academy 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle Hill Academy 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Courtwood Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Applegarth Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Forestdale Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenvale Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published