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Riddlesdown Collegiate[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 55 55.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
55.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
63.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
17.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.14 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 50.7[6] 55%[6]
2023/24 50.6[4] 52.5%[4] +0.14[4]
2022/23 56.3[7] 66%[7] +0.49[7]
2021/22 56.1[8] 70%[8] +0.31[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
17.4% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 10.9%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 9%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 17.1%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 13.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
50% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
20% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
22% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 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 97%[15] 54%[15] 16%[15] 23%[15] 2%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 51%[16] 18%[16] 23%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 53%[17] 16%[17] 24%[17] 2%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 38%[18] 20%[18] 32%[18] 3%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
62% 2022/23[19]
Education
65% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
20% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 60%[20] 63%[20] 5%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 84%[21] 65%[21] 67%[21] 3%[21] 15%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 67%[22] 75%[22] 4%[22] 12%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 63%[23] 72%[23] 3%[23] 14%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
77% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
32% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
38% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 84%[26] 42%[26]
2019/20 86%[25] 41%[25] 38%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 26%[27] 24%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 69%[28] 17%[28] 15%[28] 0%[28]

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
21 Mar 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
17 May 2023[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
9 Nov 2021[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Outstanding[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
1321 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
480 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
299 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1379[32] 484[32] 312[32] 4.4[32] 1.6[32]
Entry Sept 2024 1380[32] 468[32] 312[32] 4.4[32] 1.5[32]
Entry Sept 2023 1457[32] 477[32] 316[32] 4.6[32] 1.5[32]
Entry Sept 2022 1474[32] 444[32] 317[32] 4.6[32] 1.4[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
328 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
2040[1]
Trust
THE COLLEGIATE TRUST[1]
Local authority
Croydon[1]
Website
https://www.riddlesdown.org[1]
District
Croydon[34]
Postcode
CR8 1EX[1]
URN
138178[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
2067 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
8.4% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
12.1% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
3% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
18.9% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
50.6%[36]
Mixed
15.9%[36]
Asian
15.3%[36]
Black
13.6%[36]
Any other ethnic group
2.1%[36]
Unclassified
2.5%[36]

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

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    Entry to Year 7 The Planned Admission Number (PAN) for Riddlesdown Collegiate is 328. (p. 1)
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