South Norwood Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · London, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
11.589 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
South Norwood Primary is a primary school in London, Croydon for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). 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.
South Norwood Primary 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 | 11.589 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 11.589 miles away, the 4th longest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.44 miles).
- The Reception last distance was further in 2026 than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026, there were 43 first-choice applications for 56 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 13 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 5% 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
- 34 Crowther Road, South Norwood, London, SE25 5QP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 356 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 10 January 2023
Strengths
- “They are happy, safe and enjoy learning.”
- “Pupils said that they would go to an adult if they were worried, but that adults would notice first and check that they were okay.”
- “Leaders want ‘every school day to be an extraordinary day’ and plan additional experiences for all pupils to undertake.”
To improve
- “For example, in mathematics, leaders have identified that some pupils are not secure in their knowledge of times tables.”
- “However, in some subjects, leaders’ work to ensure that pupils grasp and remember knowledge is at an earlier stage of development.”
- “In these areas, pupils have not consistently secured the knowledge they need to tackle more difficult learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 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) | 63% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 43 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.
- St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Heavers Farm Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Ryelands 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Robert Fitzroy Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodside Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published