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143 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Croydon has 126 state schools: 87 primary, 23 secondary, 5 nursery. Between them they teach around 55,324 pupils. 100 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.7 out of 10, and 10 score 8 or above.

26 have a sixth form. 53 take children from age three or under. 25 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Beckenham 18 schools Purley 10 schools South Croydon 16 schools Thornton Heath 16 schools
Addington Valley Academy Croydon · Good Aerodrome Primary Academy Croydon · Good Al-Khair School Croydon · Good Al-Khair School Preparatory School · Good Al-Khair Secondary Girls · Good All Saints CofE Primary School London · Not judged Applegarth Academy Croydon · Good Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School Croydon · Good Ark Blake Academy Croydon · Good Ark Oval Primary Academy Croydon · Not judged Atwood Primary School South Croydon · Good Aya College (Educational Provision) London · Requires improvement BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology Croydon Beaumont Primary School Purley · Outstanding Beckmead College London · Good Beckmead Park Academy Beckenham · Not judged Bensham Manor School Thornton Heath · Outstanding Beulah Infants' School London · Good Beulah Junior School Thornton Heath · Requires improvement Broadmead Primary School Croydon · Good Castle Hill Academy Croydon · Good Chaffinch Brook School Croydon · Good Chestnut Park Primary School Croydon · Outstanding Chipstead Valley Primary School Coulsdon · Outstanding Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) Purley · Good Coloma Convent Girls' School Croydon · Requires improvement Coombe Wood School South Croydon · Good Coulsdon CofE Primary School Old Coulsdon · Requires improvement Courtwood Primary School Croydon · Good Crosfield Nursery School London · Good Croydon College Croydon · Good Croydon High School South Croydon Croydon Metropolitan College Croydon · Good Cumnor House School South Croydon Cumnor House School Cypress Primary School London · Good David Livingstone Academy Thornton Heath · Outstanding Downsview Primary and Nursery School London · Good Ecclesbourne Primary School Thornton Heath · Good Elmhurst School Ltd Elmwood Infant School Croydon · Good Elmwood Junior School Croydon · Good Fairchildes Primary School Croydon · Outstanding Fidelis College London Forest Academy Croydon · Good Forestdale Primary School Croydon · Good Gonville Academy Thornton Heath · Good Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School Croydon · Good Greenvale Primary School South Croydon · Good Gresham Primary School South Croydon · Good Harris Academy Beulah Hill London Harris Academy Purley South Croydon · Good Harris Academy South Norwood London · Good Harris City Academy Crystal Palace London · Not judged Harris Invictus Academy Croydon Croydon · Outstanding Harris Primary Academy Benson Croydon · Outstanding Harris Primary Academy Croydon Croydon · Outstanding Harris Primary Academy Haling Park Croydon · Outstanding Harris Primary Academy Kenley Kenley · Not judged Harris Primary Academy Purley Way Croydon · Outstanding Harris Professional Skills Sixth Form London · Good Heathfield Academy Croydon · Outstanding Heavers Farm Primary School London · Good Howard Primary School Croydon · Good John Wood School & Nursery Croydon · Good Kenley Primary School Whyteleafe · Requires improvement Kensington Avenue Primary School Thornton Heath · Requires improvement Keston Primary School Coulsdon · Good Krishna Avanti Primary School Croydon · Good Laleham Lea School Purley Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School Purley · Good Meridian High School Croydon · Good Monks Orchard Primary School Croydon · Good New Valley Primary School · Good Norbury High School for Girls Thornton Heath · Good Norbury Manor Primary School London · Good Oasis Academy Arena London · Requires improvement Oasis Academy Byron Coulsdon · Good Oasis Academy Coulsdon Croydon · Good Oasis Academy Ryelands London · Good Oasis Academy Shirley Park Croydon · Not judged Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary Croydon Orchard Park High School Croydon · Good Orchard Way Primary School Croydon · Good Park Hill Infant School Croydon · Outstanding Park Hill Junior School Croydon · Outstanding Paxton Academy Sports And Science Thornton Heath · Good Priory School London · Good Purley Nursery School Purley · Outstanding Purley Oaks Primary School South Croydon · Good Quest Primary School South Croydon · Good Red Gates School South Croydon · Not judged Regina Coeli Catholic Primary School South Croydon · Good Riddlesdown Collegiate Purley · Outstanding Ridgeway Primary School South Croydon · Good Robert Fitzroy Academy Croydon · Good Rockmount Primary School London · Not judged Rowdown Primary School Croydon · Not judged Royal Russell School Croydon Selhurst Nursery School and Children's Centre London · Good Selsdon Primary and Nursery School South Croydon · Not judged Shirley High School Performing Arts College Croydon · Good Smitham Primary School Coulsdon · Good South Norwood Primary London · Good St Aidan's Catholic Primary School Coulsdon · Good St Chad's Catholic Primary School London · Good St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy Thornton Heath · Requires improvement St David's School Purley St Giles School South Croydon · Good St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School Thornton Heath · Outstanding St John's CofE Primary School Croydon · Outstanding St Joseph's College London · Good St Joseph's RC Infant School London · Good St Joseph's RC Junior School Select · Outstanding St Mark's Church of England Primary Academy London · Good St Mary's Catholic High School Croydon · Good St Mary's Catholic Infant School Croydon · Good St Nicholas School Purley · Requires improvement St Peter's Primary School South Croydon · Good St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School London · Good St. Mary's Catholic Junior School Croydon · Good The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy Croydon · Not judged The Crescent Primary School Croydon · Good The Hayes Primary School Kenley · Good The Minster Junior School Croydon · Not judged The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy Croydon · Good The New School The Quest Academy South Croydon · Requires improvement Thomas More Catholic School Purley · Good Thornton Heath Nursery School Thornton Heath · Good Trinity School Tudor Academy Croydon · Good Tunstall Nursery School Croydon · Outstanding West Thornton Primary School Croydon · Not judged Whitehorse Manor Infant School Thornton Heath · Good Whitehorse Manor Junior School Thornton Heath · Good Whitgift School Winterbourne Boys' Academy Thornton Heath · Good Winterbourne Junior Girls' School Thornton Heath · Good Winterbourne Nursery and Infants' School Thornton Heath · Good Woodcote High School Coulsdon · Good Woodcote Primary School Coulsdon · Not judged Woodside Primary School Croydon · Good

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

St Mary's Catholic High School Good · ×0.42 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Thomas More Catholic School Good · ×0.47 1st prefs/place (2026/27) New Valley Primary School Good · ×0.53 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Harris Academy South Norwood Good · ×0.57 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Joseph's College Good · ×0.58 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Shirley High School Performing Arts College Good · ×0.59 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Harris Academy Purley Good · ×0.61 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Woodcote High School Good · ×0.66 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ark Blake Academy Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Croydon

Primary schools: Confirmed full criteria order (EHCP, looked-after, linked-infant/siblings, then pure distance) has no catchment-area step. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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