Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D52
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Croydon, CR0 5JQ
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Coombe Wood School
30 Melville Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 7HY
Local ranking4th of 23 secondary schools in Croydon
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 17 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 53.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 55.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 74.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 177
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 61.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
31.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
92
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.2
- 16-18 Cohort
- 239
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1136
- Boys
- 685 (59%)
- Girls
- 477 (41%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (106% full)
- SEND
- 11.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.6%
- EAL
- 23.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 8.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,833/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
- 6.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 22.9%
- Mixed Other: 13.4%
- White Other: 10.9%
- Asian Indian: 10.5%
- Black African: 9.9%
- Black Caribbean: 7.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.7%
22.9%
White British
13.4%
Mixed Other
10.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
30 Melville Avenue
South Croydon, London
Administrative
- URN
- 145875
- UKPRN
- 10068101
- Establishment No.
- 4012
- Trust
- GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
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