Schools in Coulsdon
Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon has 7 schools in the catchment.school database, led by Woodcote High School as the local secondary (1,283 places, 1,273 pupils enrolled). Chipstead Valley Primary Academy holds an Outstanding Ofsted rating with 630 places and is consistently oversubscribed, requiring families to live very close to the school. Woodcote Primary (840 places, 858 pupils) is another larger provider operating above its published capacity.
Six primary schools serve the Coulsdon area, covering a range of faith and non-faith provision. St Aidan's Catholic Primary (218 places) is the sole faith school, admitting pupils by Catholic practice criteria first. Oasis Academy Byron (Ofsted Good) and Smitham Primary are the other notable community primaries. Croydon operates a coordinated admissions scheme; secondary preferences must be submitted by late October, with results issued on national offer day in early March.
Primary schools in Coulsdon: 3 oversubscribed (6)
Smitham Primary School
Primary · Community school
Coulsdon · CR5 3DE
Oasis Academy Byron
Primary · Academy converter
Coulsdon · CR5 2XE
Chipstead Valley Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Coulsdon · CR5 3BW
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Coulsdon · CR5 3DE
Keston Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Coulsdon · CR5 1HP
Woodcote Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Coulsdon · CR5 2ED
Secondary Schools in Coulsdon (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Coulsdon are set by Croydon and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.