Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Croydon
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry176 applications · 60 places offered · 58 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.9; Croydon median median 3.0
- 2025 3.0; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2024 3.1; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2023 3.8; Croydon median median 3.0
- 2022 3.4; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2021 3.1; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2020 4.1; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2019 3.5; Croydon median median 3.1
- 2018 3.9; Croydon median median 3.4
- 2017 3.4; Croydon median median 3.4
- 2016 4.4; Croydon median median 3.3
- 2015 5.0; Croydon median median 3.4; as the previous school
- 2014 4.8; Croydon median median 3.5; as the previous school
- This school
- Croydon median
Dashed bars: as St Mary's Catholic Infant School (URN 101799), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 60 | 176 | 2.9 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 179 | 3.0 | 68 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 181 | 3.1 | 60 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 230 | 3.8 | 97 | 1.62 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 201 | 3.4 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 186 | 3.1 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 244 | 4.1 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 210 | 3.5 | 82 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 233 | 3.9 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 202 | 3.4 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 264 | 4.4 | 88 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2015 * | 60 | 297 | 5.0 | 82 | 1.37 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 289 | 4.8 | 77 | 1.28 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Mary's Catholic Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.9applications per place
- 0.1 km · CroydonRemains Good202377%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · CroydonGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · CroydonStandards maintained20244.2applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · CroydonGood20233.2applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · CroydonRemains Good202366%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · CroydonRemains Good20242.5applications per place
- 1.0 km · CroydonOutstanding20233.7applications per place
- 1.1 km · CroydonOutstanding202382%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 142246 · 306/3406
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 193 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Replaced
- St Mary's Catholic Infant School (URN 101799)
- Address
- Bedford Park, Croydon, CR0 2AQ
- Local authority
- Croydon
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources