Warlingham School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Warlingham, CR6 9YB
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Riddlesdown Collegiate
Honister Heights, Purley, CR8 1EX
Local ranking2nd of 23 secondary schools in Croydon
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
2040
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 21 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 55.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 63.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 80.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 325
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 62.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
37.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
195
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 17.4% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 438
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 2067
- Boys
- 1123 (54%)
- Girls
- 951 (46%)
- Capacity
- 2040 (102% full)
- SEND
- 15.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.9%
- EAL
- 8.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 113.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,921/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
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 45.0%
- White Other: 8.2%
- Asian Indian: 6.6%
- Black African: 6.2%
- Mixed Other: 5.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.2%
- Black Caribbean: 3.9%
45.0%
White British
8.2%
White Other
6.6%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Honister Heights
Purley, London
Administrative
- URN
- 138178
- UKPRN
- 10037408
- Establishment No.
- 5400
- Trust
- THE COLLEGIATE TRUST
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