Meridian High School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D45
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Croydon, CR0 0AH
- Distance
- 3.8km away
Charles Darwin School
Jail Lane, Biggin Hill, Westerham, TN16 3AU
Local ranking17th of 19 secondary schools in Bromley
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1356
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 15 June 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 219
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 50.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 30.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
107
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 2.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 209
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1314
- Boys
- 636 (49%)
- Girls
- 669 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1356 (96% full)
- SEND
- 21.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.9%
- EAL
- 2.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 19.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 80.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,993/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 78.8%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.9%
- Black African: 3.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.7%
- Black Caribbean: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
78.8%
White British
5.0%
White Other
3.9%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136545
- UKPRN
- 10033286
- Establishment No.
- 5409
- Trust
- LUMERO EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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