Which school has the best GCSE results in Croydon?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Coloma Convent Girls' School tops the table in Croydon with 56.8, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Croydon schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Croydon show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Croydon GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

23 state secondary schools in Croydon ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 10 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 23 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Croydon ranked on Attainment 8

23 of 23 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Croydon ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1	Coloma Convent Girls' School Croydon · Academy converter	56.8	21%	62%	83%	–	151
2 , up 2 places since 2025	Riddlesdown Collegiate Purley · Academy converter	55.3	18%	63%	80%	–	325
3 , down 1 place since 2025	Coombe Wood School South Croydon · Free schools	53.9	25%	55%	74%	–	177
4 , down 1 place since 2025	Harris City Academy Crystal Palace London · Academy sponsor led	52.9	21%	61%	80%	–	178
5 , up 1 place since 2025	Harris Academy Purley South Croydon · Academy sponsor led	52.2	20%	61%	73%	–	177
6= , up 7 places since 2025	Oasis Academy Coulsdon Croydon · Academy sponsor led	50.5	23%	55%	75%	–	185
6= , up 7 places since 2025	Orchard Park High School Croydon · Academy sponsor led	50.5	22%	58%	69%	–	120
8 , up 7 places since 2025	Harris Academy Beulah Hill London · Academy converter	49.0	12%	42%	66%	–	169
9 , down 1 place since 2025	Woodcote High School Coulsdon · Academy converter	47.9	14%	55%	70%	–	224
10 , up 8 places since 2025	The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy Croydon · Academy sponsor led	47.2	15%	50%	65%	–	159
11 , up 11 places since 2025	St Mary's Catholic High School Croydon · Voluntary aided school	46.7	15%	50%	61%	–	109
12 , down 5 places since 2025	Norbury High School for Girls Thornton Heath · Academy converter	46.5	12%	46%	61%	–	228
13 , down 1 place since 2025	Harris Invictus Academy Croydon Croydon · Free schools	46.1	14%	46%	61%	–	155
14 , up 3 places since 2025	Thomas More Catholic School Purley · Voluntary aided school	46.0	9%	43%	68%	–	113
15 , down 10 places since 2025	Harris Academy South Norwood London · Academy sponsor led	45.4	10%	39%	60%	–	173
16 , down 6 places since 2025	St Joseph's College London · Academy converter	44.0	7%	42%	59%	–	151
17= , down 6 places since 2025	Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School Croydon · Voluntary aided school	43.5	7%	37%	58%	–	145
17= , down 8 places since 2025	Ark Blake Academy Croydon · Free schools	43.5	11%	46%	62%	–	156
19 , down 3 places since 2025	Oasis Academy Shirley Park Croydon · Academy sponsor led	40.6	8%	35%	51%	–	158
20 , up 1 place since 2025	The Quest Academy South Croydon · Academy sponsor led	40.5	8%	35%	59%	–	161
21 , down 1 place since 2025	Oasis Academy Arena London · Academy sponsor led	39.0	8%	39%	49%	–	75
22 , down 3 places since 2025	Shirley High School Performing Arts College Croydon · Academy converter	38.5	3%	25%	49%	–	142
23	Meridian High School Croydon · Academy sponsor led	29.7	2%	17%	43%	–	113

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in Croydon with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Al-Khair School Croydon · Other independent school	56.1	66%	29
Al-Khair Secondary Girls Other independent school	52.3	61%	28
BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology Croydon · City technology college	48.5	50%	198
Croydon High School South Croydon · Other independent school	23.1	0%	95
Croydon Metropolitan College Croydon · Other independent school	16.5	13%	16
Fidelis College London · Other independent school	37.6	49%	156
Royal Russell School Croydon · Other independent school	26.4	0%	144
The New School Other independent school	18.7	0%	9
Trinity School Other independent school	16.5	0%	139
Whitgift School Other independent school	11.0	0%	229

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Croydon on our composite score

Croydon GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Croydon ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Croydon with published GCSE results

More about schools in Croydon

Croydon GCSE results: common questions