Croydon High School
Old Farleigh Road, Selsdon, South Croydon, CR2 8YB
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Ms Annabel Davies
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Croydon East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 850
- Pupils on roll
- 773
- URN
- 101845
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02082607500
About this school
Croydon High School is a girls' independent school in South Croydon. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 773 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Croydon High School under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Croydon High School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1980, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 83 | 74 | 66 |
| Attainment 8 score | 21.8 | 24.9 | 23.2 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Croydon High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Croydon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 21.8 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 24.9 | 37 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 23.2 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 750 |
| 2023/24 | 799 |
| 2024/25 | 823 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 1
- Pupils on SEN support
- 118
Location
Nearby schools
-
Olympus1.0 miles
Special schools · South Croydon
-
Red Gates School1.0 miles
Special schools · South Croydon
-
Royal Russell School1.1 miles
Independent schools · Croydon
-
Rutherford School1.5 miles
Special schools · South Croydon
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Maypole School - Melville1.6 miles
Special schools · South Croydon
Other schools in South Croydon
- Cumnor House School Independent schools
- Atwood Primary School Primary
- Greenvale Primary School Primary
- Gresham Primary School Primary
- Purley Oaks Primary School Primary
- Quest Primary School Primary
- Regina Coeli Catholic Primary School Primary
- Ridgeway Primary School Primary
- Selsdon Primary and Nursery School Primary
- St Peter's Primary School Primary
- Coombe Wood School Secondary
- Harris Academy Purley Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Croydon High School teach?
- Croydon High School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is an independent school in South Croydon.
- Who is the headteacher of Croydon High School?
- The headteacher of Croydon High School is Ms Annabel Davies, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Croydon High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Croydon High School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Croydon High School?
- Croydon High School has 773 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is Croydon High School full?
- Croydon High School has capacity for 850 pupils and 773 on roll (91%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Croydon High School a faith school?
- No. Croydon High School has no designated religious character.
- How have Croydon High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 21.8 in 2022/23 and 23.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Croydon High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Croydon High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.