John Wood School & Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.365 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
John Wood School & Nursery 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 17 July 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
John Wood School & Nursery 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 | 5.365 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
- For Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 5.365 miles away, the 13th longest of the 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The Reception last distance has swung sharply, with the biggest move from 2025 to 2026; the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- There were 33 first-choice applications for 35 Reception offers in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Dartnell Road, Croydon, CR0 6JA
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 310 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 July 2024
Strengths
- “The school’s values of ‘kindness’, ‘respect’ and ‘ambition’ are woven through all aspects of school life.”
- “Pupils flourish here because staff have high expectations of them.”
- “Across the school, pupils’ behaviour is exemplary.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the checking of what pupils know and remember is not as effective as it could be.”
- “This means that pupils find it difficult to remember and recall important information, skills and vocabulary that they have been taught, and have gaps in their learning.”
- “The school is taking appropriate action to ensure that a higher proportion of pupils make the expected progress in reading and writing by the end of Year 6.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 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) | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 33 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.
- Robert Fitzroy Academy 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Broadmead Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Crescent Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ark Oval Primary Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Heavers Farm Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published