Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Croydon
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 21 April 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 30 November 2021Graded inspection: Requires improvement · as Coloma Convent Girls' School, URN 101823
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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 entry416 applications · 160 places offered · 125 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2025 2.4; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2024 2.9; Croydon median median 2.9
- 2023 3.2; Croydon median median 2.8
- 2022 3.1; Croydon median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2021 4.1; Croydon median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2020 4.8; Croydon median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2019 5.1; Croydon median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 4.9; Croydon median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2017 4.1; Croydon median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2016 5.3; Croydon median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2015 4.9; Croydon median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2014 4.9; Croydon median median 3.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Croydon median
Dashed bars: as Coloma Convent Girls' School (URN 101823), the previous school.
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 | 160 | 416 | 2.6 | 125 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2025 | 165 | 393 | 2.4 | 106 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2024 | 138 | 393 | 2.9 | 95 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2023 | 155 | 488 | 3.2 | 120 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2022 * | 175 | 542 | 3.1 | 170 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 * | 155 | 629 | 4.1 | 224 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2020 * | 155 | 741 | 4.8 | 249 | 1.61 |
| Sep 2019 * | 155 | 786 | 5.1 | 272 | 1.75 |
| Sep 2018 * | 165 | 804 | 4.9 | 308 | 1.87 |
| Sep 2017 * | 180 | 729 | 4.1 | 274 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2016 * | 147 | 777 | 5.3 | 313 | 2.13 |
| Sep 2015 * | 150 | 741 | 4.9 | 280 | 1.87 |
| Sep 2014 * | 149 | 726 | 4.9 | 273 | 1.83 |
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.) | 151 | 56.8 | 62% | 83% | – |
| 2024/25 | 149 | 57.4 | 62% | 88% | – |
| 2023/24 | 152 | 56.7 | 67% | 84% | +0.52 |
| 2022/23 * | 150 | 61.1 | 72% | 90% | +0.79 |
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
- Coloma Convent Girls' SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.6applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
- 0.2 km · CroydonGood20222.7applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · CroydonGraded · no overall grade20243.7applications per place 40.6Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · CroydonGood20237.1applications per place 53.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · CroydonRemains Good · improving20244.1applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · CroydonRequires improvement20242.1applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Croydon20263.0applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · CroydonGood20232.7applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Croydon20264.3applications per place 39.0Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 149347 · 306/5405
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,057 pupils · 967 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2022
- Replaced
- Coloma Convent Girls' School (URN 101823)
- Address
- Upper Shirley Road, Croydon, CR9 5AS
- Local authority
- Croydon
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources