Red Gates School
Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 8HD
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Interim Headteacher
- Mrs Melissa Hendry
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Croydon East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 160
- Pupils on roll
- 160
- URN
- 101855
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086516540
About this school
Red Gates School is a community special school in South Croydon. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 160 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Red Gates School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 20 | 22 | 22 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -4.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.90 | - | - |
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.
Trends over time
How Red Gates 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 | 0% | 67.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 165 |
| 2023/24 | 159 |
| 2024/25 | 160 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.63%
- English as an additional language
- 44.4%
- Overall absence
- 9.24%
- Persistent absence
- 28.26%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Royal Russell School1.0 miles
Independent schools · Croydon
-
Addington Valley Academy1.0 miles
Free Schools · Croydon
-
Croydon High School1.0 miles
Independent schools · South Croydon
-
Maypole School - Melville1.6 miles
Special schools · South Croydon
-
Rutherford School1.6 miles
Special schools · South Croydon
Other schools in South Croydon
- Maypole School - Melville Special schools
- Olympus Special schools
- Rutherford School Special schools
- St Giles 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 ages does Red Gates School teach?
- Red Gates School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a special school in South Croydon.
- Who is the interim headteacher of Red Gates School?
- The interim headteacher of Red Gates School is Mrs Melissa Hendry, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Red Gates School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Red Gates 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 many pupils are at Red Gates School?
- Red Gates School has 160 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Red Gates School full?
- Red Gates School has capacity for 160 pupils and 160 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 Red Gates School a faith school?
- No. Red Gates School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Red Gates School have?
- The schools register lists Red Gates School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Red Gates 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 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Red Gates School's absence rate?
- Red Gates School's overall absence rate is 9.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Red Gates School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Red Gates 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.