Overall Oxbridge
#642
12 ranked schools · +11 places vs Eng avg #653 of 1,538
Applications
213
Offers
49
Offer rate23.0%
-5.7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 28.7%
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
28
Secondary
schools
4
All-through
schools
4
Post-16
colleges
19
Special
schools
5
Other
schools
of which34sixth forms·27faith·5nursery schools158 total
Area Performance
Croydon schools rank in the top 45% of England
Across 139 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.65/10, +0.22 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
21% Elite
Distribution across all Croydon schools
EliteExcellentGoodDevelopingRebuilding
Croydon vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 45%
Across all ranked Croydon schools
Top 37%Primaryavg #5,530 of 14,821
Top 55%Secondaryavg #2,076 of 3,803
Top 58%Sixth formavg #1,474 of 2,523
Primary schools: 79 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.7/10
+0.31 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#5,530
+13 pts vs medianmedian 7,411
top 37% of 14,821
% 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
+0.31 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#5,530
+13 pts vs medianmedian 7,411
top 37% of 14,821
% 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
+0.21 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,076
-5 pts vs medianmedian 1,902
top 55% of 3,803
% achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A)state
77%
+21 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 56%
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
41.5
+2.4 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.6/10
+0.21 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,076
-5 pts vs medianmedian 1,902
top 55% of 3,803
% achieving grades 9-7 (A*-A)state
77%
+21 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 56%
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
41.5
+2.4 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Sixth form schools: 28 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.7/10
-0.03 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,474
-8 pts vs medianmedian 1,262
top 58% of 2,523
% A*-A at A-Level
22%
-3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
47%
-3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.7/10
-0.03 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,474
-8 pts vs medianmedian 1,262
top 58% of 2,523
% A*-A at A-Level
22%
-3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
47%
-3 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Oxford
#265
16 ranked schools · -3 places vs Eng avg #262 of 1,866
Applications
98
Offers
11
Offer rate11.2%
-5.4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 16.6%
Cambridge
#740
17 ranked schools · -41 places vs Eng avg #699 of 1,830
Applications
146
Offers
43
Offer rate29.4%
-7.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 37.0%
Top 3 Primary Schools
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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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