Which school has the best GCSE results in Croydon?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Coloma Convent Girls' School tops the table in Croydon with 57.4, against an England average of 46.0. 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 2025 results, the 2024/25 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 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

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 2025: secondary school league table

23 state secondary schools in Croydon ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 9 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Local Authority 23 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Croydon ranked on Attainment 8

23 of 23 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Croydon ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Coloma Convent Girls' School Croydon · Academy converter	57.4	62%	88%	5.14	149
2	Coombe Wood School South Croydon · Free schools	52.6	55%	74%	4.94	177
3	Harris City Academy Crystal Palace London · Academy sponsor led	52.3	57%	75%	4.80	163
4	Riddlesdown Collegiate Purley · Academy converter	50.7	55%	76%	4.52	320
5	Harris Academy South Norwood London · Academy sponsor led	48.2	44%	60%	4.50	161
6	Harris Academy Purley South Croydon · Academy sponsor led	46.8	51%	66%	4.17	184
7	Norbury High School for Girls Thornton Heath · Academy converter	46.4	45%	64%	4.34	219
8	Woodcote High School Coulsdon · Academy converter	46.1	46%	66%	4.13	214
9	Ark Blake Academy Croydon · Free schools	45.6	51%	64%	4.28	154
10	St Joseph's College London · Academy converter	45.5	35%	63%	4.08	159
11	Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School Croydon · Voluntary aided school	45.3	39%	68%	4.16	119
12	Harris Invictus Academy Croydon Croydon · Free schools	45.0	47%	62%	4.26	155
13=	Oasis Academy Coulsdon Croydon · Academy sponsor led	44.8	52%	70%	4.11	184
13=	Orchard Park High School Croydon · Academy sponsor led	44.8	45%	63%	3.84	103
15	Harris Academy Beulah Hill London · Academy converter	44.4	34%	56%	3.96	163
16	Oasis Academy Shirley Park Croydon · Academy sponsor led	42.6	32%	52%	4.00	164
17	Thomas More Catholic School Purley · Voluntary aided school	42.1	38%	55%	3.95	113
18	The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy Croydon · Academy sponsor led	39.1	32%	54%	3.28	162
19	Shirley High School Performing Arts College Croydon · Academy converter	37.7	23%	49%	3.20	120
20	Oasis Academy Arena London · Academy sponsor led	37.6	29%	51%	3.59	80
21	The Quest Academy South Croydon · Academy sponsor led	37.5	23%	40%	3.25	135
22	St Mary's Catholic High School Croydon · Voluntary aided school	36.5	23%	37%	3.09	105
23	Meridian High School Croydon · Academy sponsor led	34.2	30%	47%	2.98	106

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

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	35.8	36%	36
Al-Khair Secondary Girls Other independent school	52.8	44%	18
BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology Croydon · City technology college	50.1	54%	197
Croydon High School South Croydon · Other independent school	23.2	0%	66
Croydon Metropolitan College Croydon · Other independent school	13.8	11%	19
Fidelis College London · Other independent school	50.8	56%	18
Royal Russell School Croydon · Other independent school	20.3	0%	148
Trinity School Other independent school	16.1	0%	130
Whitgift School Other independent school	13.2	0%	255

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 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. 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 2025: 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