St Mary's Catholic High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 47 46.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 46.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 49.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 14.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.29 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	36.5[5]	22.9%[5]
2023/24	39.8[3]	29.9%[3]	+0.29[3]
2022/23	38.6[6]	30%[6]	0.00[6]
2021/22	42.1[7]	40%[7]	+0.42[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: E+ 2016/17[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 5% 2015/16[9]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2015/16	C-[9]	5%[9]
2014/15	C-[11]
2013/14	D+[12]
2012/13	C-[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 18% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 24% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 48% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	92%[15]	34%[15]	14%[15]	39%[15]	0%[15]	3%[15]
2020/21	92%[16]	15%[16]	12%[16]	63%[16]	0%[16]	2%[16]
2019/20	87%[17]	18%[17]	6%[17]	63%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2018/19	90%[18]	25%[18]	19%[18]	43%[18]	1%[18]	2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 94% 2014/15[19]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2013/14[20]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Apprenticeship
2013/14	100%[20]	0%[20]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 13 Jan 2026[21]
Type: S5 Inspection[21]
Report published: 15 Mar 2026[21]
Inclusion: Expected standard[21]
Achievement: Needs attention[21]
Safeguarding standards: Met[21]
Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention[21]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[21]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[21]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[21]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
3 Nov 2021[22]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[22]	No overall grade[22]
1 Feb 2017[23]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[23]	Good[23]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.1 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference): 229 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences: 45 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered: 108 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place: 0.4 Entry Sept 2026[24]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	230[24]	61[24]	89[24]	2.6[24]	0.7[24]
Entry Sept 2024	266[24]	56[24]	104[24]	2.6[24]	0.5[24]
Entry Sept 2023	242[24]	54[24]	123[24]	2.0[24]	0.4[24]
Entry Sept 2022	200[24]	47[24]	116[24]	1.7[24]	0.4[24]

Admissions

Places (published admission number): 120 Entry Sept 2026[25]

Character & practicalities

Type: Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages: 11–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1115[1]
Local authority: Croydon[1]
Website: www.stmaryscroydon.co.uk [1]
District: Croydon [26]
Postcode: CR9 2EE[1]
URN: 101814[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 564 2024/25[27]
English as an additional language: 61.3% 2024/25[27]
SEN support: 11% 2024/25[27]
EHC plan: 2.5% 2024/25[27]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 41.7% 2024/25[27]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 15%[28]
Mixed: 12.7%[28]
Asian: 20.9%[28]
Black: 46%[28]
Any other ethnic group: 5.1%[28]
Unclassified: 0.2%[28]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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Having consulted with the Local Authority, the Archdiocese and other admission authorities, the governors intend to admit, in September 2026 up to 120 pupils, the published admission number 120, without reference to ability or aptitude. (p. 2)
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