Croydon schools and admissions data

Croydon Borough Council has 106 primary schools and 57 secondary schools. 17% of Croydon's schools are private schools. 27 state schools in Croydon follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 97 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Croydon

  1. Outstanding 23
  2. Good 81
  3. Requires Improvement 10
  4. Inadequate 3

Most popular state schools
in Croydon in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Beaumont Primary School

    Community school • Purley

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Chestnut Park Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Croydon

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Rockmount Primary School

    Community school • Upper Norwood, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    St John's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Shirley, Croydon

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Atwood Primary School

    Academy converter • Sanderstead, South Croydon

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Oasis Academy Ryelands

    Academy sponsor led • South Norwood, London

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    Greenvale Primary School

    Community school • Selsdon Vale, South Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Park Hill Infant School

    Community school • Croydon

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    Gresham Primary School

    Community school • Sanderstead, South Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    The Hayes Primary School

    Community school • Kenley

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Whitehorse Manor Infant School

    Academy converter • Thornton Heath

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  12. 12

    Aerodrome Primary Academy

    Academy converter • Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    St Aidan's Catholic Primary School

    Academy converter • Coulsdon

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Coulsdon CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Old Coulsdon

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  15. 15

    Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery School

    Academy converter • New Addington, Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St Mary's Catholic Infant School

    Academy converter • Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Chipstead Valley Primary School

    Academy converter • Coulsdon

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  18. 18

    Gonville Academy

    Academy converter • Thornton Heath

    Ofsted: Good

  19. 19

    St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School

    Academy converter • Windsor Road, Thornton Heath

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  20. 20

    Applegarth Academy

    Academy sponsor led • New Addington, Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Coombe Wood School

    Free schools • South Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  2. 2

    Harris City Academy Crystal Palace

    Academy sponsor led • Upper Norwood, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Riddlesdown Collegiate

    Academy converter • Purley

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Woodcote High School

    Academy converter • Coulsdon

    Ofsted: Good

  5. 5

    Oasis Academy Coulsdon

    Academy sponsor led • Old Coulsdon, Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Harris Academy Purley

    Academy sponsor led • South Croydon

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    Harris Invictus Academy Croydon

    Free schools • Croydon

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School

    Voluntary aided school • Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Meridian High School

    Academy sponsor led • New Addington, Croydon

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  10. 10

    Norbury High School for Girls

    Academy converter • Thornton Heath

    Ofsted: Good

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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