St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · London, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy is a primary school in London, Croydon for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 March 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy 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 | Not published |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2018 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- There are 16.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.5 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Croydon.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure was the 2nd lowest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Croydon that have results.
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
- Albert Road, South Norwood, London, SE25 4JD
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 146 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly school.”
- “They are safe here because staff understand them and care for them.”
- “Leaders expect pupils to work hard and achieve well, and pupils live up to these expectations.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, however, teachers do not routinely check that pupils have correctly recalled what they have been taught before introducing more complex ideas.”
- “When this happens, pupils’ progress through the curriculum is hampered and the more complex concepts do not stick in pupils’ long-term memory.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 May 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: 28 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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.
- South Norwood Primary 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Ryelands 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heavers Farm Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Cypress Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whitehorse Manor Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published