Graded inspection · Oct 2024 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 | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry367 applications · 100 places offered · 71 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 3.7; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2025 3.1; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2024 3.0; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2023 3.2; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2022 3.0; Croydon median median 2.7
- 2021 3.3; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2020 3.8; Croydon median median 2.5
- 2019 3.9; Croydon median median 2.6
- 2018 5.5; Croydon median median 2.4
- 2017 4.8; Croydon median median 3.0
- 2016 5.0; Croydon median median 2.7
- 2015 4.6; Croydon median median 3.0
- 2014 3.7; Croydon median median 3.7
- This school
- Croydon median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 100 | 367 | 3.7 | 71 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2025 | 154 | 481 | 3.1 | 115 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 | 176 | 520 | 3.0 | 125 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2023 | 167 | 538 | 3.2 | 97 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2022 | 178 | 536 | 3.0 | 94 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2021 | 173 | 569 | 3.3 | 88 | 0.51 |
| Sep 2020 | 180 | 687 | 3.8 | 147 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2019 | 213 | 826 | 3.9 | 172 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 174 | 955 | 5.5 | 200 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2017 | 178 | 853 | 4.8 | 181 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2016 | 175 | 867 | 5.0 | 177 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2015 | 174 | 799 | 4.6 | 205 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2014 | 175 | 643 | 3.7 | 128 | 0.73 |
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.) | 158 | 40.6 | 35% | 51% | – |
| 2024/25 | 164 | 42.6 | 32% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 161 | 42.7 | 36% | 60% | −0.07 |
| 2022/23 | 173 | 44.6 | 37% | 61% | −0.24 |
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
- Oasis Academy Shirley ParkThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Croydon20264.3applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · CroydonGood20232.7applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Croydon20262.6applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · CroydonRemains Good · improving20244.1applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · CroydonGood20222.7applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Croydon20263.0applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Bromley20262.1applications per place 48.9Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · CroydonGood20222.7applications per place 45.4Attainment 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
- 135968 · 306/6909
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,955 pupils · 1,017 on roll
- Free school meals
- 51.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Address
- Shirley Road, Croydon, CR9 7AL
- Local authority
- Croydon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources