Harris Primary Academy Croydon
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.864 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Harris Primary Academy Croydon is a primary school in Croydon for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 26 September 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Harris Primary Academy Croydon 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 | 0.864 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 0.864 miles away, the 15th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was further than in 2025 but nearer than in 2023; the figure has swung sharply, most of all from 2023 to 2024.
- Reception 2026 drew 61 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 54 went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (11%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 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
- Thomson Crescent, Croydon, CR0 3JT
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 414 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 26 September 2023
Strengths
- “All pupils at Harris Primary Academy Croydon flourish.”
- “The trust’s vision of ‘excellence: every child, every day’ permeates through each aspect of this exceptional school.”
- “Pupils, parents and carers, staff and trust leaders are incredibly proud of their school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 November 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) | 79% | 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, 54 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.
- West Thornton Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chestnut Park Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Elmwood Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Elmwood Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- The Minster Junior School 0.9 mi Not judged
- The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Paxton Academy Sports And Science 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published