Kenley Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Whyteleafe, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
5.581 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Kenley Primary School is a primary school in Whyteleafe, Croydon for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 6 June 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Kenley 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 | 5.581 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 5.581 miles away, the 11th longest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance, further out than in 2025 and 2023; the sharpest swing came from 2025 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 drew 10 first-choice applications for 11 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 82% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 0% 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
- New Barn Lane, Whyteleafe, CR3 0EX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 143 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 6 June 2024
Strengths
- “In the early years children get off to a secure start.”
- “They interact well with each other and enjoy their learning.”
- “The school strives for pupils to have ambition and to take responsibility for their choices.”
To improve
- “Pupils are generally happy at this school, though their experiences and love of learning vary.”
- “However, this is not implemented consistently across the school.”
- “This means pupils’ behaviour is not positive across some year groups.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 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) | 82% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 10 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.
- The Hayes Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Atwood Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Kenley 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- New Valley Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gresham Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Keston Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Coulsdon CofE Primary School 1.7 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Beaumont Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published