Charles Darwin School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Westerham, TN16 3AU
- Distance
- 3.8km away
Meridian High School
Fairchildes Avenue, New Addington, Croydon, CR0 0AH
Local ranking19th of 23 secondary schools in Croydon
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
960
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 34.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 30.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 47.2% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 57.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 106
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 537
- Boys
- 274 (51%)
- Girls
- 263 (49%)
- Capacity
- 960 (56% full)
- SEND
- 39.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 69.1%
- EAL
- 10.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 9.5%
- SEN Support
- 29.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,911/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 68.5%
- Black African: 8.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.0%
- White Other: 4.8%
- Mixed Other: 3.6%
- Black Caribbean: 2.0%
- Black Other: 1.8%
- Other: 1.6%
68.5%
White British
8.7%
Black African
5.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Fairchildes Avenue
Croydon, London
Administrative
- URN
- 143846
- UKPRN
- 10062233
- Establishment No.
- 4007
- Trust
- GLF SCHOOLS
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