St Aidan's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Coulsdon, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Not published
From Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Coulsdon, Croydon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Aidan's Catholic 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 | 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 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 40 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families (28%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 30% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Croydon.
- The school has 42.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23.2 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
- Portnalls Road, St Aidans Catholic Primary School, Coulsdon, CR5 3DE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Catholic
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 5.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 42.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 July 2024
Strengths
- “Staff have created a nurturing and welcoming school environment where pupils are safe and happy.”
- “Pupils are well looked after and know they have trusted adults to talk to if they have concerns.”
- “Pupils are well behaved and keen to learn.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, however, staff do not check carefully whether pupils have learned and understood what was intended.”
- “This means that, occasionally, gaps in knowledge are not picked up and pupils have not learned fully what was intended.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 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) | 77% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Smitham Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chipstead Valley Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Byron 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodcote Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coulsdon CofE Primary School 1.1 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Beaumont Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- New Valley Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Keston Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published