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St Joseph's RC Infant School

PrimaryAges 3–7Voluntary aidedRoman Catholic

Croydon, SE19 3NX · Croydon local authority

Croydon’s School Grade B+ better than 70% of towns in England

Getting in
26/26
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
154 pupils
73% of its 210 places
Free school meals
23%
23 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about St Joseph's RC Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 154 pupils for 210 places
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (26 of 26)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (SE19 3) sold for a median £452,500; Croydon’s is £420,500
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at St Joseph's RC Infant School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

26
families put it first for September 2026
28
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Croydon council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Croydon, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

2.13 per place
47% got their first choice
1.81 per place
53% got their first choice
1.43 per place
67% got their first choice
1.36 per place
73% got their first choice
1.33 per place
73% got their first choice
1.30 per place
76% got their first choice
1.21 per place
83% got their first choice
1.20 per place
83% got their first choice
1.20 per place
67% got their first choice
St Joseph's RC Infant
0.93 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

153 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
19%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
45.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
29.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 52%Boys 48%
Its letter

No letter for St Joseph's RC Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, June 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near St Joseph's RC Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in SE19 3, the school’s postcode sector

Croydon property prices →
£452,500
median sale, 360 sales in 36 months · Croydon £420,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K£500K2010201520202025SE19 3Croydon
SE19 3Croydon

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£868K
Semi-detached
£735K
Terraced
£575K
Flat
£351K
SE19 3Croydon

Homes in SE19 3 sell for a little over Croydon’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

36 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+C+CCDB−BB−A+AAB−C−A−AB−DC+B−A−ABA−B−DBC+CC+C+B−A−C+A+B−St Joseph's RC Infant School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Croydon, SE19 3NX

St Joseph's RC Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into St Joseph's RC Infant School?

For September 2026, 26 families put St Joseph's RC Infant School first and all of them were offered a place; 28 places were offered in all.

What is St Joseph's RC Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2024).

How much do houses cost near St Joseph's RC Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, SE19 3, sold for a median £452,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (360 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Croydon’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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