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The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 47.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
49.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
15.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.10 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 39.1[5] 31.5%[5]
2023/24 41.2[3] 37.4%[3] +0.10[3]
2022/23 41.9[6] 34%[6] +0.14[6]
2021/22 42.9[7] 38%[7] +0.04[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
41% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
43% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[8]
Employment
2% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[9] 34%[9] 5%[9] 44%[9] 3%[9] 4%[9]
2020/21 93%[10] 37%[10] 1%[10] 55%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10]
2019/20 95%[11] 48%[11] 1%[11] 45%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11]
2018/19 86%[12] 42%[12] 3%[12] 37%[12] 1%[12] 3%[12]

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
4 Mar 2025[13]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[13]
Report published
30 Apr 2025[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
14 Sep 2022[14] S5 Inspection[14] Requires improvement[14]
29 Mar 2017[15] Academy First Section 5[15] Good[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.5 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
232 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
65 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
93 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 272[16] 93[16] 124[16] 2.2[16] 0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2024 269[16] 65[16] 108[16] 2.5[16] 0.6[16]
Entry Sept 2023 313[16] 89[16] 148[16] 2.1[16] 0.6[16]
Entry Sept 2022 298[16] 72[16] 140[16] 2.1[16] 0.5[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1039[1]
Trust
THE BEC TRUST[1]
Local authority
Croydon[1]
Website
http://www.lanfranc.org.uk[1]
District
Croydon[17]
Postcode
CR9 3AS[1]
URN
141210[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
777 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
36.2% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
15.4% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
1.7% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
49.8% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
19.3%[19]
Mixed
9.1%[19]
Asian
33.8%[19]
Black
34.3%[19]
Any other ethnic group
3.3%[19]
Unclassified
0.3%[19]

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

  1. 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.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. 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.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. 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.