Orchard Park High School
Orchard Way, Shirley, Croydon, CR0 7NJ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Carly Moran
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Greenshaw Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Croydon East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Pupils on roll
- 675
- URN
- 142040
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02087760220
About this school
Orchard Park High School is a secondary academy in Croydon. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 675 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 24 January 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good and saw signs of improvement; a full inspection will follow. 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 | 114 | 131 | 103 |
| Attainment 8 score | 50.6 | 49.7 | 44.8 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.51 +0.23 to +0.78 | +0.37 +0.13 to +0.62 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 52.7% | 44.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 74% | 63.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 18% | 24.4% | 23.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
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 Orchard Park 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 | 50.6 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.7 | 37 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.8 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 633 |
| 2023/24 | 639 |
| 2024/25 | 634 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Orchard Park High School compares
Orchard Park High School ranked 14th of 23 secondary schools in Croydon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 56% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44.8 | 7.6% | 45% | 675 | — |
| Orion Eden Park | 45.5 | 9.3% | 33% | 1,148 | 0.7 miles |
| Langley Park School for Boys | 54.4 | 5.6% | 8.3% | 1,823 | 0.8 miles |
| Langley Park School for Girls | 55.8 | 7.2% | 9.8% | 1,714 | 1.0 miles |
| Oasis Academy Shirley Park | 42.6 | 9.2% | 51.3% | 1,017 | 1.1 miles |
| Shirley High School Performing Arts College | 37.7 | 11% | 53% | 800 | 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)
- 44.95%
- English as an additional language
- 16.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.59%
- Persistent absence
- 21.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Orion Eden Park0.7 miles
Secondary · Beckenham
-
Langley Park School for Boys0.8 miles
Secondary · Beckenham
-
Langley Park School for Girls1.0 miles
Secondary · Beckenham
-
Oasis Academy Shirley Park1.1 miles
Secondary · Croydon
-
Shirley High School Performing Arts College1.1 miles
Secondary · Croydon
Other schools in Croydon
Orchard Park High School ranks 6th of the 11 ranked secondary schools in Croydon.
- Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School Secondary
- Ark Blake Academy Secondary
- Coloma Convent Girls' School Secondary
- Harris Invictus Academy Croydon Secondary
- Meridian High School Secondary
- Oasis Academy Coulsdon Secondary
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park Secondary
- Shirley High School Performing Arts College Secondary
- St Mary's Catholic High School Secondary
- The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy Secondary
- Tunstall Nursery School Nursery
- Aerodrome Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Orchard Park High School teach?
- Orchard Park High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Croydon.
- Who is the headteacher of Orchard Park High School?
- The headteacher of Orchard Park High School is Mrs Carly Moran, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Orchard Park High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Orchard Park High 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 Orchard Park High School?
- Orchard Park High School has 675 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Orchard Park High School full?
- Orchard Park High School has capacity for 1,000 pupils and 675 on roll (68%), 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 Orchard Park High School a faith school?
- No. Orchard Park High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Orchard Park High School a selective school?
- No. Orchard Park High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Orchard Park High School?
- Orchard Park High School is part of GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Orchard Park High School have?
- The schools register lists Orchard Park High School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Orchard Park High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 50.6 in 2022/23 and 44.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Orchard Park High School rank locally?
- Orchard Park High School ranked 14th of 23 secondary schools in Croydon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 56% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Orchard Park High School's absence rate?
- Orchard Park High School's overall absence rate is 7.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Orchard Park High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Orchard Park 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 2 July 2026.