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St Joseph's College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 739Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • BoysPupils
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138221URN

Beulah Hill, London, SE19 3HL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodFeb 2020
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.2per place
0.6 below Croydon median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Croydon

188 applications for 84 places · 18th of 22 in Croydon
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.0of 90
16th of 23 in Croydon
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodFeb 2020
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025
The graded inspection, 25 February 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 26 March 2025
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 25 February 2020
    Graded inspection: 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
2.2applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Croydon median (2.8) close to England median (2.2)

188 applications · 84 places offered · 49 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.2; Croydon median median 2.8
  2. 2025 2.0; Croydon median median 2.9
  3. 2024 2.1; Croydon median median 2.9
  4. 2023 2.1; Croydon median median 2.8
  5. 2022 1.8; Croydon median median 2.7
  6. 2021 1.9; Croydon median median 2.8
  7. 2020 1.9; Croydon median median 2.5
  8. 2019 1.9; Croydon median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.1; Croydon median median 2.4
  10. 2017 2.4; Croydon median median 3.0
  11. 2016 2.1; Croydon median median 2.7
  12. 2015 2.3; Croydon median median 3.0
  13. 2014 2.7; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026841882.2490.58
Sep 20251072142.0600.56
Sep 20241062172.1570.54
Sep 20231142382.1690.61
Sep 20221362381.8580.43
Sep 20211512851.9640.42
Sep 20201863511.9890.48
Sep 20191893661.9950.50
Sep 20182014192.1860.43
Sep 20171804262.4900.50
Sep 20161773722.1790.45
Sep 20151764062.3810.46
Sep 20141794852.71110.62

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

151 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.016th of 23 in Croydon
Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%16th of 23 in Croydon
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%
  • This school
  • Croydon median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.04
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15144.042%59%–
2024/2515945.535%63%–
2023/2417145.043%66%+0.04
2022/2316746.045%67%−0.22

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

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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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138221 · 306/5402
Trust
St Joseph's College Delasalle
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,050 pupils · 739 on roll
Free school meals
38.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 June 2012
Replaced
St Joseph's College (URN 101820)
Address
Beulah Hill, London, SE19 3HL
Local authority
Croydon

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