Norbury High School for Girls
Kensington Avenue, Thornton Heath, CR7 8BT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- WANDLE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Markieu Hayden
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Streatham and Croydon North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,370
- Pupils on roll
- 1,082
- URN
- 137754
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086790062
About this school
Norbury High School for Girls is a girls' secondary academy in Thornton Heath. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,082 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 16 March 2022, 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 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 223 | 220 | 219 |
| Attainment 8 score | 48.0 | 50.1 | 46.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.14 -0.05 to +0.33 | +0.27 +0.07 to +0.46 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 49.5% | 44.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 70.5% | 63.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 39% | 62.7% | 89% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
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 Norbury High School for Girls 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 | 48 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 50.1 | 37 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.4 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,245 |
| 2023/24 | 1,183 |
| 2024/25 | 1,173 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Norbury High School for Girls compares
Norbury High School for Girls ranked 7th of 23 secondary schools in Croydon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 63% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.4 | 9.8% | 37.5% | 1,082 | — |
| St Joseph's College | 45.5 | 5.8% | 43% | 739 | 0.7 miles |
| Harris Academy Beulah Hill | 44.4 | 7.1% | 47.6% | 1,011 | 0.9 miles |
| Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School | 57.7 | 3.7% | 24.1% | 1,187 | 1.0 miles |
| Harris Academy Merton | 53.7 | 6.5% | 42.3% | 1,371 | 1.0 miles |
| The Norwood School | 50.2 | 8.8% | 32.2% | 1,076 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.49%
- English as an additional language
- 68.9%
- Overall absence
- 9.83%
- Persistent absence
- 36.06%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's College0.7 miles
Secondary · London
-
Harris Academy Beulah Hill0.9 miles
Secondary · London
-
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School1.0 miles
Secondary · London
-
Harris Academy Merton1.0 miles
Secondary · Mitcham
-
The Norwood School1.1 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in Thornton Heath
- Thornton Heath Nursery School Nursery
- Beulah Junior School Primary
- David Livingstone Academy Primary
- Ecclesbourne Primary School Primary
- Gonville Academy Primary
- Kensington Avenue Primary School Primary
- Paxton Academy Sports And Science Primary
- St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy Primary
- St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Whitehorse Manor Infant School Primary
- Whitehorse Manor Junior School Primary
- Winterbourne Boys' Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Norbury High School for Girls teach?
- Norbury High School for Girls teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Thornton Heath.
- Who is the headteacher of Norbury High School for Girls?
- The headteacher of Norbury High School for Girls is Mrs Markieu Hayden, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Norbury High School for Girls last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Norbury High School for Girls, 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 Norbury High School for Girls?
- Norbury High School for Girls has 1,082 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Norbury High School for Girls full?
- Norbury High School for Girls has capacity for 1,370 pupils and 1,082 on roll (79%), 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 Norbury High School for Girls a faith school?
- No. Norbury High School for Girls has no designated religious character.
- Is Norbury High School for Girls a selective school?
- No. Norbury High School for Girls is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Norbury High School for Girls?
- Norbury High School for Girls is part of WANDLE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Norbury High School for Girls's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 48 in 2022/23 and 46.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Norbury High School for Girls rank locally?
- Norbury High School for Girls ranked 7th of 23 secondary schools in Croydon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 63% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Norbury High School for Girls's absence rate?
- Norbury High School for Girls's overall absence rate is 9.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Norbury High School for Girls's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Norbury High School for Girls'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 1 July 2026.