Graded inspection · Jan 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 entry1,239 applications · 174 places offered · 321 named it first
- 2026 7.1; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2025 8.5; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2024 8.8; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2023 9.5; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2022 10.1; Croydon median median 2.7
- 2021 7.9; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2020 7.8; Croydon median median 2.5
- 2019 6.8; Croydon median median 2.6
- 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 | 174 | 1,239 | 7.1 | 321 | 1.84 |
| Sep 2025 | 175 | 1,479 | 8.5 | 430 | 2.46 |
| Sep 2024 | 168 | 1,481 | 8.8 | 394 | 2.35 |
| Sep 2023 | 172 | 1,640 | 9.5 | 562 | 3.27 |
| Sep 2022 | 170 | 1,721 | 10.1 | 673 | 3.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 170 | 1,349 | 7.9 | 425 | 2.50 |
| Sep 2020 | 174 | 1,361 | 7.8 | 421 | 2.42 |
| Sep 2019 | 176 | 1,201 | 6.8 | 344 | 1.95 |
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 | 53.9 | 55% | 74% | – |
| 2024/25 | 177 | 52.6 | 55% | 74% | – |
| 2023/24 | 174 | 50.6 | 57% | 75% | +0.38 |
| 2022/23 | 179 | 50.1 | 53% | 79% | +0.40 |
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
- Coombe Wood SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20237.1applications per place 53.9Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Croydon20263.0applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Croydon20262.6applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · CroydonGood20222.7applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · CroydonGood20232.7applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · CroydonRequires improvement20242.1applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · CroydonGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Croydon20262.1applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · CroydonGood20233.5applications per place 52.2Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145875 · 306/4012
- Capacity
- 1,100 pupils · 1,162 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 3 September 2018
- Address
- 30 Melville Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 7HY
- Local authority
- Croydon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources