Coloma Convent Girls' School
Upper Shirley Road, Croydon, CR9 5AS
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Trust
- ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Danielle Bumford-Sinclair
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Southwark
- Constituency
- Croydon East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,057
- Pupils on roll
- 967
- URN
- 149347
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086546228
About this school
Coloma Convent Girls' School is a Roman Catholic girls' secondary academy in Croydon. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 967 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Coloma Convent Girls' School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 152 | 149 |
| Attainment 8 score | 56.7 | 57.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.52 +0.29 to +0.75 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 67.1% | 62.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84.2% | 87.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 65.1% | 47.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.2 | 5.1 |
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 Coloma Convent Girls' 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 | — | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 56.7 | 37 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 57.4 | 37 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,072 |
| 2023/24 | 1,026 |
| 2024/25 | 924 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Coloma Convent Girls' School compares
Coloma Convent Girls' School ranked 1st of 23 secondary schools in Croydon for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 91% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57.4 | 7.8% | 27.1% | 967 | — |
| Shirley High School Performing Arts College | 37.7 | 11% | 53% | 800 | 0.1 miles |
| Oasis Academy Shirley Park | 42.6 | 9.2% | 51.3% | 1,017 | 1.0 miles |
| Coombe Wood School | 52.6 | 6.4% | 31.6% | 1,162 | 1.1 miles |
| Orchard Park High School | 44.8 | 7.6% | 45% | 675 | 1.1 miles |
| The Quest Academy | 37.5 | 9.5% | 48.9% | 853 | 1.3 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report21 April 2026
- 30 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.08%
- English as an additional language
- 28.8%
- Overall absence
- 7.79%
- Persistent absence
- 21.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Shirley High School Performing Arts College0.1 miles
Secondary · Croydon
-
Oasis Academy Shirley Park1.0 miles
Secondary · Croydon
-
Coombe Wood School1.1 miles
Secondary · South Croydon
-
Orchard Park High School1.1 miles
Secondary · Croydon
-
The Quest Academy1.3 miles
Secondary · South Croydon
Other schools in Croydon
Coloma Convent Girls' School ranks 1st of the 11 ranked secondary schools in Croydon.
- Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School Secondary
- Ark Blake Academy Secondary
- Harris Invictus Academy Croydon Secondary
- Meridian High School Secondary
- Oasis Academy Coulsdon Secondary
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park Secondary
- Orchard Park High School 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 ages does Coloma Convent Girls' School teach?
- Coloma Convent Girls' School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Croydon.
- Who is the headteacher of Coloma Convent Girls' School?
- The headteacher of Coloma Convent Girls' School is Mrs Danielle Bumford-Sinclair, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Coloma Convent Girls' School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Coloma Convent Girls' 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 Coloma Convent Girls' School?
- Coloma Convent Girls' School has 967 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Coloma Convent Girls' School full?
- Coloma Convent Girls' School has capacity for 1,057 pupils and 967 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 Coloma Convent Girls' School a faith school?
- Yes. Coloma Convent Girls' School is designated Roman Catholic, in the Archdiocese of Southwark.
- Is Coloma Convent Girls' School a selective school?
- No. Coloma Convent Girls' School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Coloma Convent Girls' School part of an academy trust?
- Coloma Convent Girls' School is part of ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Coloma Convent Girls' School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 56.7 in 2023/24 and 57.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Coloma Convent Girls' School compare with other schools in Croydon?
- Coloma Convent Girls' School ranked 1st of 23 secondary schools in Croydon for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 91% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Coloma Convent Girls' School's absence rate?
- Coloma Convent Girls' School's overall absence rate is 7.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Coloma Convent Girls' School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Coloma Convent Girls' 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 15 July 2026.