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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry421 applications · 158 places offered · 115 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2025 2.7; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2024 2.7; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2023 3.3; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2022 3.7; Croydon median median 2.7
- 2021 3.2; Croydon median median 2.8
- 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 | 158 | 421 | 2.7 | 115 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2025 | 157 | 416 | 2.7 | 117 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2024 | 162 | 429 | 2.7 | 107 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2023 | 178 | 581 | 3.3 | 189 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 174 | 649 | 3.7 | 188 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 177 | 562 | 3.2 | 191 | 1.08 |
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.) | 156 | 43.5 | 46% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 154 | 45.6 | 51% | 64% | – |
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Ark Blake AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.7applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · Croydon20262.1applications per place 46.7Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Croydon20263.0applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · CroydonRemains Outstanding20232.8applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · CroydonGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Croydon20264.3applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · CroydonGood20237.1applications per place 53.9Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · CroydonGood20222.7applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Croydon20262.6applications per place 56.8Attainment 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
- 147832 · 306/4014
- Trust
- Ark Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 759 on roll
- Free school meals
- 50.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Address
- 6 Morland Road, Croydon, CR0 6NA
- Local authority
- Croydon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources