Overall Oxbridge
#858
15 ranked schools · +56 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,983
Applications
202
Offers
43
Offer rate21.3%
-1.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Schools in Croydon, London
Victorian market-town streets at the centre give way to post-war office towers and glass-fronted regeneration blocks as Croydon extends across 87 square kilometres of Outer London's southern edge. The borough took its present boundaries in 1965; Croydon Airport, opened in 1920 as London's first major international airport, left behind a Grade II listed lodge that survives as a local landmark today. Close to 398,000 people live across the borough.
East Croydon station puts London Bridge around fifteen minutes away and Victoria around twenty, while the Tramlink network threads west to Wimbledon and east to Beckenham. South Croydon is widely regarded as one of the borough's most competitive postcodes for state secondary and sixth-form places, and Purley draws families competing for primary catchments further south. Coombe and Selsdon extend the residential belt toward the Surrey boundary, with Thornton Heath forming the denser northern quarter.
93
Primary
schools
29
Secondary
schools
3
All-through
schools
4
Post-16
colleges
17
Special
schools
5
Other
schools
of which35sixth forms·28faith·5nurseries156 total
Area Performance
Croydon schools rank in the top 44% of England
Across 146 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.74/10, +0.29 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
23% Elite
Distribution across all Croydon schools
EliteExcellentGoodDeveloping
Croydon vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 44%
Across all ranked Croydon schools
Top 36%Primaryavg #5,369 of 14,978
Top 53%Secondaryavg #2,051 of 3,862
Top 58%Sixth formavg #1,479 of 2,555
Primary schools: 79 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.7/10
+0.39 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#5,369
+14 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 36% of 14,978
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
70%
+8 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
10%
+2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.7/10
+0.39 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#5,369
+14 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 36% of 14,978
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
70%
+8 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
10%
+2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Secondary schools: 32 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.6/10
+0.25 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,051
-3 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 53% of 3,862
% achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A)state
77%
+21 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 56%
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
41.9
+2.8 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.6/10
+0.25 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,051
-3 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 53% of 3,862
% achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A)state
77%
+21 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 56%
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
41.9
+2.8 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Sixth form schools: 35 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.8/10
+0.10 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,479
-8 pts vs medianmedian 1,278
top 58% of 2,555
% A*-A at A-Level
22%
-3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
47%
-4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.8/10
+0.10 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,479
-8 pts vs medianmedian 1,278
top 58% of 2,555
% A*-A at A-Level
22%
-3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
47%
-4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Oxford
#240
9 ranked schools · +13 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,197
Applications
89
Offers
14
Offer rate15.7%
+0.7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 15.1%
Cambridge
#685
14 ranked schools · +88 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,880
Applications
113
Offers
29
Offer rate25.7%
-3.8 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
Top 3 Primary Schools
2026
Croydon
Top 3 Secondary Schools
2026
Croydon
Top 3 Sixth Forms
2026
Croydon
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School profiles in Croydon, London
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