Primary schools in Croydon
38 primary schools in Croydon, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Croydon in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 34 schools in Croydon first 1,618 times for 1,648 places: 0.98 first choices per place. 7 of the 34 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 5 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.39 miles (Chestnut Park Primary School) to 0.89 miles (Harris Primary Academy Benson).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Beddington Park Academy
- Fairchildes Primary School
- Harris Primary Academy Benson
- Harris Primary Academy Croydon
- Harris Primary Academy Haling Park
- Park Hill Infant School
- Park Hill Junior School
- Applegarth Academy
- Ark Oval Primary Academy
- Broadmead Primary School
- Castle Hill Academy
- Courtwood Primary School
- Elmwood Infant School
- Elmwood Junior School
- Forest Academy
- Forestdale Primary School
- Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School
- John Wood School & Nursery
- Monks Orchard Primary School
- Robert Fitzroy Academy
- Rowdown Primary School
- St John's CofE Primary School
- St Mary's Catholic Infant School
- St. Mary's Catholic Junior School
- The Crescent Primary School
- The Minster Junior School
- West Thornton Primary School
- Chestnut Park Primary School
- Harris Primary Academy Purley Way
- Heathfield Academy
- Krishna Avanti Primary School
- Tudor Academy
- Woodside Primary School
- Aerodrome Primary Academy
- Howard Primary School
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park Primary
- Orchard Way Primary School
- The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy
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