Keston Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Coulsdon, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.947 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Keston Primary School is a primary school in Coulsdon, Croydon for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 February 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Keston 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 | 0.947 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.947 miles away, the 17th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.44 miles.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further from the school than in 2025 but nearer than in 2023, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 61 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (3%) were not offered a place.
- 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), 2nd 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
- Keston Primary School, Keston Avenue, Old Coulsdon, Coulsdon, CR5 1HP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 457 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 February 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have high expectations for all pupils.”
- “Teachers encourage pupils to work hard and do their best, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
- “Pupils enjoy learning new things.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, leaders’ curricular thinking does not build precisely from the early years.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 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) | 62% | 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: 61 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 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.
- Coulsdon CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Byron 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- New Valley Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Hayes Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Smitham Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kenley Primary School 1.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Kenley 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published