Monks Orchard Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.553 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Monks Orchard Primary School is a primary school in Croydon for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 10 January 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Monks Orchard 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 | 3.553 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 3.553 miles away, the 25th longest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- In 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 19 Reception offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% 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 Glade, Shirley, The Glade, Croydon, CR0 7UF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 January 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders aim for pupils to be confident, resilient and independent learners, and this is what the pupils at Monks Orchard strive to be.”
- “They become keen learners and love coming to school.”
- “The school’s values ‘ACE the three Rs’ are routinely woven into school activities.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, leaders have not thought through as comprehensively how their curriculum goals should be broken into small and manageable steps.”
- “This includes identifying the key vocabulary that pupils should understand and use as they progress through the curriculum.”
- “In these subjects, some teaching does not help pupils to secure and recall the knowledge that is needed to be successful in their future learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 March 2023 (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) | 73% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 17 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.
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Orchard Way Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Ryelands 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- South Norwood Primary 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John's CofE Primary School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published