St Giles School
Pampisford Road, South Croydon, CR2 6DF
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Marianne Rodger - Weetman
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Croydon South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 114
- Pupils on roll
- 114
- URN
- 101852
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086802141
About this school
St Giles School is a community special school in South Croydon. It teaches children aged 2 to 19 and has 114 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 19 April 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -3.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 St Giles 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 | 0% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 62.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 67.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 18.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 116 |
| 2023/24 | 117 |
| 2024/25 | 115 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.5%
- English as an additional language
- 36.5%
- Overall absence
- 11.87%
- Persistent absence
- 40%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Whitgift School0.3 miles
Independent schools
-
Cumnor House School0.5 miles
Independent schools · South Croydon
-
Elmhurst School Ltd0.8 miles
Independent schools
-
Croydon Metropolitan College0.8 miles
Independent schools · Croydon
-
Saffron Valley Collegiate0.9 miles
Academies · Croydon
Other schools in South Croydon
- Maypole School - Melville Special schools
- Olympus Special schools
- Red Gates School Special schools
- Rutherford School Special 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
Common questions
- What year groups does St Giles School teach?
- St Giles School teaches children aged 2 to 19. It is a special school in South Croydon.
- Who is the headteacher of St Giles School?
- The headteacher of St Giles School is Mrs Marianne Rodger - Weetman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was St Giles School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Giles School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is St Giles School?
- St Giles School has 114 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- Is St Giles School full?
- St Giles School has capacity for 114 pupils and 114 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 St Giles School a faith school?
- No. St Giles School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does St Giles School have?
- The schools register lists St Giles School's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have St Giles School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is St Giles School's absence rate?
- St Giles School's overall absence rate is 11.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Giles School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Giles 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 29 June 2026.