Al-Khair Secondary Girls
109-117 Cherry Orchard, CR0 6BE
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Mrs Bayan Mahmood
- Religious ethos
- Muslim
- Constituency
- Croydon East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 91
- URN
- 147027
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086628664
About this school
Al-Khair Secondary Girls is a girls' independent school in Croydon. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 91 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Al-Khair Secondary Girls under its current framework. 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
Al-Khair Secondary Girls has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in July 2019, 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 | 13 | 23 | 18 |
| Attainment 8 score | 59.2 | 60.1 | 52.8 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 69% | 69.6% | 44.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 78.3% | 77.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 77% | 65.2% | 77.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
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 Al-Khair Secondary 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 | 59.2 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 60.1 | 37 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 52.8 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 83 |
| 2023/24 | 94 |
| 2024/25 | 97 |
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
- 0
- Pupils on SEN support
- 5
Location
Nearby schools
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Al-Khair School0.0 miles
Independent schools · Croydon
-
Supreme Education AP0.2 miles
Special schools · Croydon
-
Chaffinch Brook School0.4 miles
Academies · Croydon
-
Harris Federation Post 160.4 miles
Colleges · Croydon
-
Arise Academy0.6 miles
Special schools · Croydon
Common questions
- What ages does Al-Khair Secondary Girls teach?
- Al-Khair Secondary Girls teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is an independent school in Croydon.
- Who is the headteacher of Al-Khair Secondary Girls?
- The headteacher of Al-Khair Secondary Girls is Mrs Bayan Mahmood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Al-Khair Secondary Girls been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Al-Khair Secondary Girls 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 many pupils are at Al-Khair Secondary Girls?
- Al-Khair Secondary Girls has 91 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Al-Khair Secondary Girls full?
- Al-Khair Secondary Girls has capacity for 100 pupils and 91 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 Al-Khair Secondary Girls a faith school?
- No. Al-Khair Secondary Girls has no designated religious character.
- How have Al-Khair Secondary Girls's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 59.2 in 2022/23 and 52.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Al-Khair Secondary Girls's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Al-Khair Secondary 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 24 July 2026.