Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Croydon
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry615 applications · 178 places offered · 109 named it first
- 2026 3.5; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2025 3.3; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2024 3.5; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2023 4.0; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2022 4.1; Croydon median median 2.7
- 2021 4.5; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2020 4.8; Croydon median median 2.5
- 2019 5.4; Croydon median median 2.6
- 2018 5.1; Croydon median median 2.4
- 2017 6.0; Croydon median median 3.0
- 2016 6.4; Croydon median median 2.7
- 2015 5.6; Croydon median median 3.0
- 2014 6.1; Croydon median median 3.7
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 178 | 615 | 3.5 | 109 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2025 | 180 | 587 | 3.3 | 126 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2024 | 180 | 631 | 3.5 | 117 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2023 | 190 | 750 | 4.0 | 109 | 0.57 |
| Sep 2022 | 190 | 783 | 4.1 | 124 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2021 | 185 | 828 | 4.5 | 143 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2020 | 190 | 909 | 4.8 | 185 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 189 | 1,019 | 5.4 | 183 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 210 | 1,078 | 5.1 | 219 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2017 | 179 | 1,065 | 6.0 | 230 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2016 | 181 | 1,150 | 6.4 | 284 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2015 | 177 | 983 | 5.6 | 224 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2014 | 174 | 1,057 | 6.1 | 271 | 1.56 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 177 | 52.2 | 61% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 184 | 46.8 | 51% | 66% | – |
| 2023/24 | 174 | 47.0 | 53% | 70% | +0.23 |
| 2022/23 | 189 | 43.9 | 44% | 68% | −0.04 |
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
- Harris Academy PurleyThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.5applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · CroydonStandards maintained20242.7applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · SuttonOutstanding20223.6applications per place 86.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.0 km · SuttonRemains Good20232.7applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · CroydonGood20237.1applications per place 53.9Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Croydon20263.0applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · SuttonGraded · no overall grade20254.9applications per place 80.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.0 km · CroydonRemains Outstanding20232.8applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Croydon20262.1applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135955 · 306/6908
- Trust
- Harris Federation
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,150 pupils · 1,013 on roll
- Free school meals
- 39.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Replaced
- Haling Manor High School (URN 101809)
- Address
- Kendra Hall Road, South Croydon, CR2 6DT
- Local authority
- Croydon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources