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State primary · 5 to 7 · Mixed · 270 pupils

Park Hill Infant School

Stanhope Road, Croydon, CR0 5NS
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Ofsted: Outstanding · November 2023No results: infantOversubscribed · 1.4 first choices per place (2026)

Summary

The key facts, in one place
Inspection
Outstanding, November 2023
Getting in
Oversubscribed; last offer 0.49 mi (2026)
Size
270 pupils; 90 places a year; classes of 30
Run by
Croydon council
Type
Community school
Ages
5 to 7 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Sessions missed: 4.2%, against 5.3% in Croydon.
  • Persistently absent: 8.4%, against 13.3% in Croydon.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 4.1, against 0.5 in Croydon.
  • Oversubscribed: 1.4 first choices for each place (Reception 2026).
Could your child get in?In 2026 offers reached 0.49 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.Check a postcode ↓ Schools for usRank every school near you by the measures that matter to your family, each reason shown.Rank schools →
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027
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SourceCroydon offer-day figures, 2026.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

In 2026 offers reached 0.49 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

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SourceCouncil offer-day figures: Croydon, 2026 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Distances are straight lines from the school.
EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception202690—90—0.49

A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Quality

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SourceOfsted · inspected 8 November 2023

  • Outstanding
  • An infant school has no published results: its pupils sit the key stage 2 tests at the junior or primary school.

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
DfE, school workforce · November 2025
DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Absence: 4.2% of sessions missed; 8.4% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 5.3% and 13%
  • Suspensions: 4 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 0 permanent exclusions
  • Classes average 30.0 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30
  • 20.8 pupils for each teacher
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 185 m, tram or metro 491 m, rail 567 m
  • 62 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 7 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 14.8 µg/m³, PM2.5 8.5 (1 km square, background level)

Absence

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SourceDfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25.

Things to know
  • Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (20-30%), the median of 3218 schools.
YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/254.2%3.3%0.9%8.4%0.0%
2023/244.0%2.7%1.3%6.5%0.0%
2022/234.4%3.3%1.1%8.1%0.0%
Schools with a similar intake5.3%13%

Suspensions and exclusions

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SourceDfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/254.11.1%110
2023/241.91.5%50
2022/230.00.0%00
Schools with a similar intake1.3

Class sizes and staff

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SourceDfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size30.02025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher20.8November 2025

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus185
tram or metro491
rail567

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 7 serious and 0 fatal in all; 8 involved a pedestrian, 4 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
20259
202410
202312
202219
202112

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO214.82024
PM1013.32024
PM258.52024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals22%2025/26
First language other than English48%2025/26
SEN support20%2025/26
Education, health and care plan4.1%2025/26
Girls48%2025/26

Ofsted

Ofsted, November 2023The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

Inspections

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SourceOfsted, 2023.

DateKindOutcome
8 November 2023Graded inspectionOutstanding

Admissions

Getting in

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SourceDfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026

  • 129 families put it first for 90 places; 87 of them got in
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Applications and offers, DfE

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SourceDfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2014 to 2026.

Things to know
  • Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.
EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception20269012933287
Reception20258813933786
Reception20248813835685
Reception20239012434990
Reception20229013732589
Reception20219014838188
Reception20209013236989
Reception20199014141283
Reception20189014038289
Reception20179014138985

Who runs it

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SourceDfE, Get Information about Schools

  • Community school is run by its local council (Croydon), not by an academy trust.

Fees and clubs

State schools charge no tuition fees. Breakfast clubs, after-school clubs and holiday clubs are set by each school: ask the school what it runs and what it costs.

Childcare costsWhat wraparound care and early years places cost, and what funding covers.See costs →

Nearby

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Hop Skip and Jump0.2 miles
Kinderland Day Nursery Central Croydon0.4 miles
Mulberries and Willows Nursery and Preschool0.4 miles
Birdhurst Day Nursery0.4 miles
Homes in reach of this schoolLook up any home near here: its sales, an open-data valuation, and which schools it keeps in reach.Search homes →

Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Croydon
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Croydon and the Croydon league table.

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