St Chad's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · London, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2018–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Chad's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in London, Croydon for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 January 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
St Chad'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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 30 first-choice applications for 33 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as was the case at 9 of the 77 other Croydon primary schools with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 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
- Alverston Gardens, South Norwood, London, SE25 6LR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 336 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly and welcoming school.”
- “The school’s mission, ‘Grow in love, live in peace’, is demonstrated by all members of the school community.”
- “Staff encourage pupils to be kind and respectful.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, curricular thinking has not precisely identified the important content pupils need to learn.”
- “This means some pupils do not build knowledge and deepen their understanding as well as they could.”
- “In addition, in some subjects, pupils’ learning is not securely embedded in their long-term memory.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 March 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) | 78% | 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: 30 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 30 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.
- Heavers Farm Primary School 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehorse Manor Infant School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehorse Manor Junior School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Crescent Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- South Norwood Primary 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Robert Fitzroy Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Broadmead Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published