Castle Hill Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.506 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Castle Hill Academy is a primary school in Croydon for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 9 July 2025. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Castle Hill 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 | 4.506 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
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 4.506 miles away, the 15th longest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th 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
- Dunley Drive, New Addington, Croydon, CR0 0RJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 263 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 66.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 9 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud and happy to be part of Castle Hill Academy.”
- “Staff recognise the importance of building strong relationships with every family.”
- “Pupils enjoy welcoming visitors to their caring and inclusive school.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes the way that teaching checks whether pupils understand their learning is not effective enough.”
- “This means that occasionally a minority of pupils have gaps in their learning of subject content and develop misconceptions.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 2025 (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) | 58% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 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.
- Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Applegarth Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Tudor Academy 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Forestdale Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rowdown Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Courtwood Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Forest Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Quest Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published