Schools in CR7 postcode district

Schools in postcode district CR7. Add your full home postcode below for distance filtering and a your neighbourhood comparison with the wider CR7 area.

Covers: Bensham Manor, Ecclesbourne, Gonville, Norbury, Norbury Park, Paxton, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, and West Thornton

Add your home postcode in the green box below. Until then, distances use the centre of CR7. The list starts at 3 miles — you can change that. Not an official school catchment.

Neighbourhood & area context

Three levels help you compare places: your neighbourhood (your full postcode), postcode district CR7 (schools and local averages on this page), and Croydon (wider council census and crime — background only, not your street). We only show rows we actually hold.

Add your full home postcode in the green box above to see how your street compares with postcode district CR7 and Croydon.

District area rating (CR7)Average

Postcode district CR7

Schools and figures for this postcode district — the same CR7 bucket as the map and school list (before your distance filter).

Schools in district
17 (14 primary, 1 secondary)
Average attendance
95.7%
Average free school meals
33.5%
Average SEN
22.4%
Average EAL
55.5%
Deprivation around local schools
Slightly more deprived than average for England
Average house price
£402,126 (-0.4% year on year)
Flood risk
Low to medium
Broadband
Gigabit available (86%+ premises, 300+ Mbps)
Green space
Good – parks and playing fields within walking distance
Council tax
Typical band C–D

Wider area: Croydon

Census and crime for Croydon. Useful context for the borough or council — not broken down to your village or street.

Population
390,718
Households
147,257
Aged under 18
23.1%
Aged 16–64 (approx.)
63.3%
Aged 65+
13.6%
Ethnicity
White 48%, Black 23%, Asian 18%
Crimes (estimated)
56,498
Crimes per 1,000 (estimated)
144.6

About these figures: School data mostly from 2024–25. Wider-area lines use Census 2021 for Croydon. Crime figures are rough estimates, not police records for your postcode.

Map of schools in this area

The map shows 17 schools in postcode district CR7. Numbered circles group nearby schools — click to zoom in. Use the list beside the map, a pin, or Show on map on a school card below.

How far from the CR7 centre?

Pick a radius to control which schools appear in the list below. Only schools whose postcode is in CR7 are included — we measure the straight-line distance from CR7 centre. Add your home postcode above to search by distance from your address across nearby districts.

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3 miles is selected by default. Add your home postcode at the top to measure from your address instead of the district centre. Try 1 mile or 1.5 miles for a shorter list, 3 miles for a wider search, or All in district for every CR7 school regardless of distance. Straight-line distance only — not walking, driving, or an official catchment area.

Schools (within 3 miles of CR7 centre)

Sorted by distance from CR7 centre, nearest first. Use the buttons above to change how far out we look, or show the whole of CR7. Each card shows straight-line miles, Ofsted rating and key statistics.

  • Beulah Infants' School

    Furze Road, Thornton Heath, London CR7 8NJ

    TypeAcademy sponsor led
    TrustTHE PEGASUS ACADEMY TRUST
    Age range3–7
    Ofsted27 Apr 2023School remains Good
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    0.3 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    200
    Free school meals
    45.2%
    SEN
    20.5%
    EAL
    65.5%
    Attendance
    94.9%
    Persistent absence
    16.9%
    Admissions
    About average
    Attainment
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  • Beulah Junior School

    Beulah Road, Thornton Heath CR7 8JF

    TypeCommunity school
    Age range7–11
    OfstedRequires improvement18 Jul 2024
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    0.4 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    223
    Free school meals
    50.7%
    SEN
    20.2%
    EAL
    69.5%
    Attendance
    95.4%
    Persistent absence
    12.4%
    Admissions
    Often has places
    Attainment
    25% met expected standard (KS2)
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  • St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School

    St. James the Great School, Windsor Road, Thornton Heath CR7 8HJ

    TypeAcademy converter
    TrustST BENEDICT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
    Age range3–11
    OfstedOutstanding5 Dec 2023
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    0.4 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    448
    Free school meals
    17.5%
    SEN
    12.3%
    EAL
    36.8%
    Attendance
    96.4%
    Persistent absence
    8.2%
    Admissions
    Usually oversubscribed
    Attainment
    51% met expected standard (KS2)
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  • Winterbourne Junior Girls' School

    Winterbourne Road, Thornton Heath CR7 7QT

    TypeCommunity school
    Age range7–11
    OfstedGood15 Sept 2024School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
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    0.4 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    255
    Free school meals
    39.6%
    SEN
    18%
    EAL
    67.8%
    Attendance
    96.3%
    Persistent absence
    8.2%
    Admissions
    About average
    Attainment
    94% met expected standard (KS2)
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  • Winterbourne Nursery and Infants' School

    Winterbourne Road, Thornton Heath CR7 7QT

    TypeCommunity school
    Age range3–7
    OfstedGood12 Oct 2023
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    0.4 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    415
    Free school meals
    31.7%
    SEN
    18.1%
    SEN provision
    Resourced provision
    EAL
    70.6%
    Attendance
    94.9%
    Persistent absence
    14.8%
    Admissions
    Usually oversubscribed
    Attainment
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  • Winterbourne Boys' Academy

    Winterbourne Road, Thornton Heath CR7 7QT

    TypeAcademy sponsor led
    TrustTHE PLATANOS TRUST
    Age range7–11
    Ofsted5 May 2022School remains Good
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    0.4 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    198
    Free school meals
    35.4%
    SEN
    13.6%
    EAL
    72.2%
    Attendance
    96.4%
    Persistent absence
    8.1%
    Admissions
    Often has places
    Attainment
    85% met expected standard (KS2)
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  • Paxton Academy Sports And Science

    843 London Road, Thornton Heath CR7 6AW

    TypeFree schools
    TrustWANDLE LEARNING TRUST
    Age range2–11
    OfstedGood26 Jan 2023
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    0.6 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    275
    Free school meals
    51.9%
    SEN
    16%
    EAL
    48.4%
    Attendance
    95.1%
    Persistent absence
    12.4%
    Admissions
    Often has places
    Attainment
    83% met expected standard (KS2)
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  • St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy

    Springfield Road, Thornton Heath CR7 8DZ

    TypeAcademy converter
    TrustST CYPRIAN'S GREEK ORTHODOX PRIMARY ACADEMY
    Age range3–11
    OfstedRequires improvement18 Jul 2024
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    0.6 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    275
    Free school meals
    17.5%
    SEN
    23.6%
    EAL
    31.6%
    Attendance
    96.6%
    Persistent absence
    6.7%
    Admissions
    Often has places
    Attainment
    46% met expected standard (KS2)
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  • Ecclesbourne Primary School

    Attlee Close, Thornton Heath CR7 7FA

    TypeAcademy converter
    TrustTHE PEGASUS ACADEMY TRUST
    Age range3–11
    OfstedGood2 Jul 2023
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    0.7 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    443
    Free school meals
    33.3%
    SEN
    20.8%
    EAL
    48.5%
    Attendance
    95.9%
    Persistent absence
    13.3%
    Admissions
    Usually oversubscribed
    Attainment
    85% met expected standard (KS2)
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  • David Livingstone Academy

    Northwood Road, Thornton Heath CR7 8HX

    TypeAcademy converter
    TrustSTEP ACADEMY TRUST
    Age range4–11
    Ofsted8 Sept 2025Standards maintained
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    0.7 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    196
    Free school meals
    31.1%
    SEN
    19.4%
    EAL
    44.9%
    Attendance
    95.8%
    Persistent absence
    10.3%
    Admissions
    Usually oversubscribed
    Attainment
    58% met expected standard (KS2)
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  • Whitehorse Manor Infant School

    Whitehorse Road, Thornton Heath CR7 8SB

    TypeAcademy converter
    TrustTHE PEGASUS ACADEMY TRUST
    Age range3–7
    OfstedGood2 May 2024
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    0.7 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    377
    Free school meals
    37.9%
    SEN
    10.6%
    EAL
    60.7%
    Attendance
    96.7%
    Persistent absence
    8.8%
    Admissions
    Usually oversubscribed
    Attainment
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  • Whitehorse Manor Junior School

    Whitehorse Road, Thornton Heath CR7 8SB

    TypeAcademy converter
    TrustTHE PEGASUS ACADEMY TRUST
    Age range7–11
    Ofsted20 Jun 2022School remains Good
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    0.7 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    454
    Free school meals
    44.9%
    SEN
    19.4%
    EAL
    63.9%
    Attendance
    96.6%
    Persistent absence
    7.3%
    Admissions
    Usually oversubscribed
    Attainment
    72% met expected standard (KS2)
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  • Kensington Avenue Primary School

    Kensington Avenue, Thornton Heath CR7 8BT

    TypeAcademy converter
    TrustWANDLE LEARNING TRUST
    Age range4–11
    OfstedRequires improvement22 May 2024
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    0.7 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    513
    Free school meals
    21.4%
    SEN
    21.8%
    SEN provision
    SEN unit
    EAL
    52.6%
    Attendance
    96.1%
    Persistent absence
    7.9%
    Admissions
    About average
    Attainment
    64% met expected standard (KS2)
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  • Gonville Academy

    Gonville Road, Thornton Heath CR7 6DL

    TypeAcademy converter
    TrustSTEP ACADEMY TRUST
    Age range3–11
    Ofsted14 Jun 2023School remains Good
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    0.8 miles from CR7 centre Walking distance
    Pupils
    442
    Free school meals
    24.4%
    SEN
    10.9%
    EAL
    69.5%
    Attendance
    96.2%
    Persistent absence
    8.3%
    Admissions
    About average
    Attainment
    85% met expected standard (KS2)
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Guide to school and area statistics

A short key for the statistics shown on this page for CR7. We have not listed house prices, broadband, green space or similar extras here unless they appear in the neighbourhood and area context section.

School listings

What you see on each school card

Only fields that appear on at least one school on this page are listed. Hover a stat row when you see a question mark for a one-line reminder.

School type
How the school is run — for example academy, council-maintained, voluntary aided or free school.
Trust
The multi-academy trust or sponsor running the school, where it is an academy.
Age range
Year groups on roll — for example 4–11 for primary, or 11–18 with sixth form.
Ofsted
Latest published inspection grade, inspection date where we have it, and a link to the school’s page on the Ofsted reports site.
Straight-line miles
Distance as the crow flies from your home postcode when you have entered one, otherwise from the middle of this district. Not walking or driving time.
Walking, cycling and park-and-stride hints
Rough bands from straight-line miles: about 1 mile or less may suit walking; about 1–2.5 miles we show cycling and park-and-stride; over about 2.5 miles park-and-stride only. Not checked routes or journey times.
Pupils
Number of pupils on roll from published school census data.
Free school meals
Share of pupils eligible for free school meals.
SEN
Share of pupils with SEN support or an Education, Health and Care plan.
SEN provision
Extra on-site support such as a resourced provision or SEN unit.
English as an additional language (EAL)
Share of pupils whose first language is not English, where recorded.
Attendance
Share of possible sessions attended. Higher is better.
Persistent absence
Share of pupils missing 10% or more of sessions. Lower is better.
Admissions pressure
Indicative label from recent applications versus places — oversubscribed, about average or often has spaces.
Attainment
Primary: share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (Key Stage 2). Secondary: Progress 8. A dash means nothing was published for that school.
Attainment vs local
Compares each school’s headline to others of the same phase on this page — above, below or about average for the district.
Area overview

What you see in the area overview

Matches the two blocks above — postcode district first, then the wider council area.

Area rating (stars)
A simple 1–5 guide from deprivation around schools here — not Ofsted grades. Recorded crime can nudge the score when we have it; estimates do not.
Schools in district
How many schools are in this postcode district, split by primary and secondary.
Average attendance
Mean attendance across schools here with published absence data.
Average free school meals
Mean free school meals eligibility across schools here with published data.
Average SEN
Mean SEN percentage across schools here with published data.
Average EAL
Mean English as an additional language percentage where published.
Deprivation
How deprived neighbourhoods around schools here are compared with England (official deprivation index, shown as bands 1–10 where 1 is most deprived and 10 is least deprived).
Average house price
Typical sold prices for this postcode district where we have them — street-by-street prices vary.
Flood risk
Indicative summary — check Environment Agency maps for a specific address.
Broadband
General picture of speeds and availability — check with providers at your address.
Green space
Brief summary of access to parks or countryside nearby.
Council tax
Typical band for the area — your exact band depends on the property.
Your home neighbourhood
When you enter your full home postcode, we compare deprivation for your small area with the typical area around schools in this district.
Population, households, ethnicity and age
Census figures for the local council area — not your street or this postcode district alone.
Crime figures
Often a rough council-wide estimate, not police records for your postcode. Badges compare to the national average when we have recorded data.
Using this page

Using this page

Tools on this page for narrowing schools and understanding distances.

Distance filter
Controls which schools appear in the list — 1, 1.5, 2 or 3 miles, or every school in this district. Not an admissions catchment.
About these figures
School and Ofsted data from official releases. The area overview splits postcode-district figures from wider council context, with dates at the bottom of that panel.