Primary · SE25 · London

St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School

Becket Close, Birchanger Road, London, SE25 5BN

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ST BENEDICT CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance (2024/25)95.9%
Attainment (2024/25)78% met expected standard (KS2)
Roll vs capacityClose to published capacity
Pupils409

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Report published 1 Aug 2022.

Inspection history

  • Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SE25. Where we have them, council (Croydon) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
409
Free school meals
12.2%
12.3% below district average (24.5%)

Also: Croydon 26.7% · England 24.7%

SEN
9.5%
16.5% below district average (26%)

Also: Croydon 17.4% · England 18.2%

EAL
13.1%
16.4% below district average (29.5%)
Attendance
95.9% Autumn and spring 2024/25
4.1% above district average (91.8%)

Also: Croydon 94.7% · England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SE25 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

7.9%

5.4% below England (13.3%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

78%

16% above England (62%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

12%

4% above England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

80%

5% above England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

81%

9% above England (72%)

KS2 maths2024/25

80%

6% above England (74%)

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 68 families put this school first. 53 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
68
First-preference offers
53
First preferences offered a place
77.9%
Total offers
59
Named on any preference
172

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Close to published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
420
Pupils on roll
409

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Croydon page.

SEN support

SEN %
9.5%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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