The Crescent Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.006 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Crescent Primary School is a primary school in Croydon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 16 July 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Crescent 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 | 4.006 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 2026 Reception last distance offered was 4.006 miles, 19th longest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 2.44 miles).
- Reception last distances have swung sharply, most from 2023 to 2024; the 2026 figure was further than in 2025 and 2023, and the longest of the 4 published years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 25 first-choice applications for 31 offers (0.8 per offer, 4th lowest of 78 Croydon primary schools); every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 1% 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
- The Crescent, Croydon, CR0 2HN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 318 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 16 July 2024
Strengths
- “This is a caring and ambitious school where pupils are well looked after by staff who get to know them well.”
- “This encourages pupils to talk to adults about any concerns they have.”
- “Leaders take careful account of the school community, including listening to parents and making changes based on their views.”
To improve
- “Where this is the case, teachers receive less clear guidance about the order in which pupils should learn some key concepts.”
- “Consequently, pupils’ knowledge is less secure in those areas.”
- “However, systems for checking older pupils’ understanding of the curriculum are less well established and where this is the case, pupils’ knowledge is not checked carefully against curriculum aims.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 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) | 55% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 25 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.
- Broadmead Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Robert Fitzroy Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whitehorse Manor Infant School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehorse Manor Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ecclesbourne Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Heavers Farm Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- John Wood School & Nursery 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published