Academy converter · Croydon

Norbury High School for Girls

11–19Ages
1,082Pupils
SecondaryPhase
GirlsPupils
Sixth formAges 16–18
137754URN

Kensington Avenue, Thornton Heath, CR7 8BT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

0.7 below Croydon median (2.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Croydon

283 applications for 136 places · 20th of 22 in Croydon

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

46.5of 90

Croydon 46.5 England 46.0

12th of 23 in Croydon

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 19 May 2026Published 7 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard	Needs attention
Inclusion			Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour			Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years	Does not apply to this school
Post-16 provision		Expected standard
Leadership and governance			Needs attention

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

19 May 2026
Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
16 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

2.1applications per place, Year 7

0.7 below Croydon median (2.8) close to England median (2.2)

283 applications · 136 places offered · 107 named it first

2026 2.1; Croydon median median 2.8
2025 1.9; Croydon median median 2.9
2024 1.6; Croydon median median 2.9
2023 2.0; Croydon median median 2.8
2022 1.7; Croydon median median 2.7
2021 1.8; Croydon median median 2.8
2020 1.8; Croydon median median 2.5
2019 1.9; Croydon median median 2.6
2018 1.7; Croydon median median 2.4
2017 1.9; Croydon median median 3.0
2016 2.1; Croydon median median 2.7
2015 2.4; Croydon median median 3.0
2014 2.4; Croydon median median 3.7

More applications per place than the Croydon median in 0 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	136	283	2.1	107	0.79
Sep 2025	151	280	1.9	126	0.83
Sep 2024	218	358	1.6	165	0.76
Sep 2023	192	377	2.0	138	0.72
Sep 2022	214	357	1.7	144	0.67
Sep 2021	247	450	1.8	168	0.68
Sep 2020	250	453	1.8	160	0.64
Sep 2019	250	484	1.9	170	0.68
Sep 2018	233	390	1.7	151	0.65
Sep 2017	195	370	1.9	131	0.67
Sep 2016	215	456	2.1	157	0.73
Sep 2015	174	419	2.4	142	0.82
Sep 2014	191	461	2.4	173	0.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

228 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.512th of 23 in Croydon

Croydon 46.5 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%12th of 23 in Croydon

Croydon 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths61%

Croydon 62% England 66%

This school
Croydon median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.27

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	228	46.5	46%	61%	–
2024/25	219	46.4	45%	64%	–
2023/24	220	50.1	50%	71%	+0.27
2022/23	223	48.0	43%	65%	+0.14

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

Norbury High School for GirlsThis school
This school

2026

2.1applications per place 46.5Attainment 8
St Joseph's College
1.2 km · Croydon

Standards maintained2025

2.2applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
Woodmansterne School
1.4 km · Lambeth

Graded · no overall grade2024

15.6applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
Harris Academy Beulah Hill
1.5 km · Croydon

Not yet inspected

2.8applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School
1.6 km · Lambeth

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.4applications per place 58.6Attainment 8
Harris Academy Merton
1.7 km · Merton

Outstanding2022

2.5applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
The Norwood School
1.7 km · Lambeth

Good2023

4.9applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
Dunraven School
2.4 km · Lambeth

Good2023

6.6applications per place 49.6Attainment 8
The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy
2.4 km · Croydon

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place 47.2Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 137754 · 306/5406
Trust: Wandle Learning Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,370 pupils · 1,082 on roll
Free school meals: 32.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 January 2012
Replaced: Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls (URN 101824)
Address: Kensington Avenue, Thornton Heath, CR7 8BT
Local authority: Croydon

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