St Joseph's RC Infant School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Croydon
Crown Dale, London, SE19 3NX
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.4%
19.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
154
Capacity used
Has space73%
210 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
37 of 37 families who put it first got an offer
38
Places offered
89
Total applications
2.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 37 | 37 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 13 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 3rd preference | 11 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 28 | 1 | ● 4% |
| Total | 89 | 38 | 43% |
1st preference success by year
Croydon lets families list 6 preferences. 36 applications came from outside the council area (17 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Danielle Ashley
- Address
- Crown Dale, Upper Norwood, London, SE19 3NX
- Phone
- 02086702385
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Ward / constituency
- Crystal Palace & Upper Norwood · Streatham and Croydon North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 101803
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 23% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 51% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
154 pupils · 210 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
26 June 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 79 pupils
Attendance
92.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
7.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
19.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
2.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Croydon council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.