Meridian High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 30 29.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 29.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 16.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 1.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.70 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	34.2[5]	30.2%[5]
2023/24	36[3]	27.8%[3]	-0.70[3]
2022/23	39[6]	29%[6]	-0.42[6]
2021/22	37.9[7]	35%[7]	-0.80[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 89% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 19% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 65% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 3% 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	88%[9]	22%[9]	1%[9]	52%[9]	4%[9]	9%[9]
2020/21	82%[10]	15%[10]	6%[10]	54%[10]	2%[10]	6%[10]
2019/20	90%[11]	26%[11]	2%[11]	58%[11]	1%[11]	0%[11]
2018/19	82%[12]	14%[12]	1%[12]	59%[12]	3%[12]	4%[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: 24 Jan 2023[13]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[13]
Report published: 20 Mar 2023[13]
Personal development: Good[13]
Quality of education: Good[13]
Overall effectiveness: Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
14 Jun 2022[14]	Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[14]	No overall grade[14]
24 Apr 2019[15]	Academy First Section 5[15]	Requires improvement[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference): 150 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences: 85 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered: 113 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[16]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	148[16]	82[16]	106[16]	1.4[16]	0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2024	137[16]	70[16]	95[16]	1.4[16]	0.7[16]
Entry Sept 2023	151[16]	75[16]	105[16]	1.4[16]	0.7[16]
Entry Sept 2022	125[16]	63[16]	102[16]	1.2[16]	0.6[16]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 960[1]
Trust: GLF SCHOOLS[1]
Local authority: Croydon[1]
Website: www.meridianhigh.london [1]
District: Croydon [17]
Postcode: CR0 0AH[1]
URN: 143846[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 537 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language: 10.1% 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 29.8% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 9.5% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 69.1% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 65.6%[19]
Mixed: 11%[19]
Asian: 2.6%[19]
Black: 11%[19]
Any other ethnic group: 1.7%[19]
Unclassified: 8%[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

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: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. 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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. 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.
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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 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
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.