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Voluntary aided school · Croydon

Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 833Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 101811URN

Selborne Road, Croydon, CR0 5JQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
0.2 above Croydon median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Croydon

417 applications for 138 places · 9th of 22 in Croydon
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
43.5of 90
17th of 23 in Croydon
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 April 2026Published 12 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 April 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 3 March 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.0applications per place, Year 7
0.2 above Croydon median (2.8) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

417 applications · 138 places offered · 92 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.0; Croydon median median 2.8
  2. 2025 3.4; Croydon median median 2.9
  3. 2024 3.8; Croydon median median 2.9
  4. 2023 3.7; Croydon median median 2.8
  5. 2022 3.4; Croydon median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.0; Croydon median median 2.8
  7. 2020 4.9; Croydon median median 2.5
  8. 2019 4.4; Croydon median median 2.6
  9. 2018 5.2; Croydon median median 2.4
  10. 2017 5.5; Croydon median median 3.0
  11. 2016 6.6; Croydon median median 2.7
  12. 2015 6.4; Croydon median median 3.0
  13. 2014 6.9; Croydon median median 3.7
More applications per place than the Croydon median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Croydon median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261384173.0920.67
Sep 20251605453.41100.69
Sep 20241415353.81370.97
Sep 20231545693.71270.82
Sep 20221434903.4800.56
Sep 20211504543.0970.65
Sep 20201195774.91150.97
Sep 20191185134.4930.79
Sep 20181206255.21341.12
Sep 20171196585.51301.09
Sep 20161077026.61421.33
Sep 20151066766.41521.43
Sep 20141037106.91341.30

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

145 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.517th of 23 in Croydon
Grade 5 or above in English and maths37%19th of 23 in Croydon
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%
  • This school
  • Croydon median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.18
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14543.537%58%–
2024/2511945.339%68%–
2023/2412045.941%64%−0.18
2022/2312047.141%65%−0.01

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary aided school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
101811 · 306/4600
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
837 pupils · 833 on roll
Free school meals
37.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Selborne Road, Croydon, CR0 5JQ
Local authority
Croydon

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources