Kensington Avenue Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Thornton Heath, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.745 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Kensington Avenue Primary School is a primary school in Thornton Heath, Croydon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 3 July 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Kensington Avenue 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 | 2.745 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 2.745 miles away, the 29th longest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.44 miles).
- The Reception last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2023, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 31 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% 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
- Kensington Avenue, Thornton Heath, CR7 8BT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 459 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 3 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this diverse school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are positive.”
- “Pupils know that staff care and want them to do well.”
To improve
- “However, pupils, including in early years, require more help to achieve the academic success they are capable of.”
- “However, some younger pupils are unsettled by the anti-social behaviours of some older pupils.”
- “They know adults will sort worries and that behaviour incidents are reducing, yet some unwelcome behaviours persist.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 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) | 64% | 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: 26 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 26 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 James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Downsview Primary and Nursery School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy 0.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- David Livingstone Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Norbury Manor Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beulah Junior School 0.7 mi Requires improvement
- Beulah Infants' School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Winterbourne Boys' Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good