Broadmead Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
18.189 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Broadmead Primary School is a primary school in Croydon for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 November 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Broadmead 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 | 18.189 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
- Its Reception 2026 last distance offered, 18.189 miles, was the longest of the 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance, and its longest in 4 years.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 35 first-choice applications for 43 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Of its pupils, 49% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.7% across 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
- 366 Sydenham Road, Croydon, CR0 2EA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 394 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils and their families feel welcome here.”
- “The school encourages pupils to treat everyone equally and with respect.”
- “Staff offer a range of support to meet the needs of all pupils, such as the ‘Nurture Nest’, which provides support for pupils’ emotional and social development.”
To improve
- “However, there is some variability in how well the curriculum is delivered.”
- “On occasion, the work set in lessons is not effective in supporting pupils to learn subject-specific knowledge and skills.”
- “At times, teaching does not check carefully that pupils have learned what was intended before moving on to new content, which results in some gaps in pupils’ knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 December 2023 (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) | 63% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 35 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.
- The Crescent Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Robert Fitzroy Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- John Wood School & Nursery 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ecclesbourne Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St. Mary's Catholic Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Heavers Farm Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehorse Manor Infant School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published