West Thornton Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.143 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
West Thornton Primary School is a primary school in Croydon for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
West Thornton 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 | 2.143 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 2.143 miles away, the 29th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 2.44 miles.
- The Reception last distance was nearer the school in 2026 than in 2025 and in 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years; it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 95 first-choice applications for 100 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% 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
- Rosecourt Road, Croydon, CR0 3BS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 847 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “The leadership of the school, under the Inspire Partnership Academy Trust, is committed to enabling everyone to succeed.”
- “Leaders ensure that pupils ‘see themselves through their community, school and curriculum, building the confidence and the skills to meet the world’.”
- “This is the ‘golden thread’ that runs through the school’s offer for all.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, however, the journey of refining the curriculum is more recent.”
- “Here, while recall is still strong, connections, and deeper understanding, have not yet had enough time to develop.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 November 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) | 74% | 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: 95 first-preference applications, 100 offers in total, 95 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.
- Harris Primary Academy Croydon 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Gonville Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Paxton Academy Sports And Science 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Elmwood Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elmwood Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Chestnut Park Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Winterbourne Boys' Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Winterbourne Junior Girls' School 0.9 mi Good