Croydon schools and admissions data

Croydon Borough Council has 107 primary schools and 52 secondary schools. 17% of Croydon's schools are private schools. 30 state schools in Croydon follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 92 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Croydon

  1. Outstanding 25
  2. Good 70
  3. Requires Improvement 6
  4. Inadequate 4

Most popular state schools
in Croydon in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Harris Primary Academy Purley Way

    Academy sponsor led • Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Chestnut Park Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    Heathfield Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  4. 4

    St. Mary's Catholic Junior School

    Academy sponsor led • Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  5. 5

    Davidson Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  6. 6

    Krishna Avanti Primary School

    Free schools • Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  7. 7

    Cypress Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • London

    Ofsted: None

  8. 8

    Castle Hill Academy

    Academy sponsor led • New Addington, Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  9. 9

    Addington Valley Academy

    Free schools special • Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  10. 10

    West Thornton Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Croydon

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  11. 11

    Winterbourne Nursery and Infants' School

    Community school • Thornton Heath

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  12. 12

    Paxton Academy Sports And Science

    Free schools • Thornton Heath

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  13. 13

    Rowdown Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • New Addington, Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Harris Primary Academy Croydon

    Academy sponsor led • Croydon

    Ofsted: Inadequate

  15. 15

    Broadmead Primary School

    Academy sponsor led • Croydon

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  16. 16

    Purley Oaks Primary School

    Community school • South Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Woodside Primary School

    Academy converter • Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    David Livingstone Academy

    Academy converter • Thornton Heath

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  19. 19

    Oasis Academy Shirley Park

    Academy sponsor led • Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    Tudor Academy

    Academy sponsor led • New Addington, Croydon

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Hillcrest

    Miscellaneous • Upper Norwood, London

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Harris Federation Post 16

    Sixth form centres • 4th Floor Norfolk House, Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  3. 3

    Oasis Academy Arena

    Academy sponsor led • South Norwood, London

    Ofsted: None

  4. 4

    Orchard Park High (Croydon)

    Academy sponsor led • Shirley, Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  5. 5

    Meridian High School

    Academy sponsor led • New Addington, Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  6. 6

    Harris Professional Skills Sixth Form

    Free schools 16 to 19 • London

    Ofsted: None

  7. 7

    Coombe Wood School

    Free schools • South Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  8. 8

    Ark Blake Academy

    Free schools • Croydon

    Ofsted: None

  9. 9

    St Joseph's College

    Academy converter • London

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Thomas More Catholic School

    Voluntary aided school • Purley

    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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