Priory School[1]
Special · ages 11–19
Headline results
Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.
Results
Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 100% 2022/23[2]
- School sixth form
- 0% 2022/23[2]
- Sixth-form college
- 0% 2022/23[2]
- Further education college
- 0% 2022/23[2]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[2]
- Employment
- 0% 2022/23[2]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 94%[3] | 0%[3] | 0%[3] | 0%[3] | 0%[3] | 0%[3] |
| 2020/21 | 100%[4] | 0%[4] | 0%[4] | 0%[4] | 0%[4] | 0%[4] |
| 2019/20 | 100%[5] | 0%[5] | 0%[5] | 0%[5] | 0%[5] | 0%[5] |
| 2018/19 | 100%[6] | 0%[6] | 0%[6] | 0%[6] | 0%[6] | 0%[6] |
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
- 2 Jul 2024[7]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[7]
- Report published
- 18 Sep 2024[7]
- Personal development
- Good[7]
- Quality of education
- Good[7]
- Overall effectiveness
- Good[7]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding[7]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[7]
- Sixth form provision (where applicable)
- Good[7]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good[7]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Community special school[1]
- Ages
- 11–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 139[1]
- Local authority
- Croydon[1]
- Website
- www.priorycroydon.org.uk[1]
- District
- Croydon[10]
- Postcode
- SE19 3QN[1]
- URN
- 101856[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 138 2024/25[11]
- English as an additional language
- 45.7% 2024/25[11]
- SEN support
- 0% 2024/25[11]
- EHC plan
- 100% 2024/25[11]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 58.2% 2024/25[11]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 17.9%[12]
- Mixed
- 12.9%[12]
- Asian
- 27.9%[12]
- Black
- 35.7%[12]
- Any other ethnic group
- 3.6%[12]
- Unclassified
- 2.1%[12]
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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.