New Valley Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.812 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
New Valley Primary School is a primary school in Croydon for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 June 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
New 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 | 5.812 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 5.812 miles away, the 10th longest of the 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Croydon.
- Reception 2026 drew 9 first-choice applications for 17 offers, 0.5 first choices per offer, the lowest of 78 Croydon primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 30.4% of pupils, against a middle figure of 14.8% 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
- New Valley Primary School, Purley, Old Lodge Lane, CR8 4AZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 191 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 June 2023
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming, happy and inclusive place to learn.”
- “Pupils are proud to belong to the school’s diverse community.”
- “Leaders have prioritised developing pupils’ ability to express themselves with confidence.”
To improve
- “Curriculum thinking is more established in some subjects than others.”
- “In a few curriculum areas, such as science, leaders are in the process of making sure that the curriculum gives pupils the building blocks of knowledge that they need to learn the subject successfully.”
- “This affects how well pupils’ knowledge increases over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 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) | 56% | 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: 9 first-preference applications, 17 offers in total, 9 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 Hayes Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Byron 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Coulsdon CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Keston Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Kenley 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Beaumont Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kenley Primary School 1.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Smitham Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published