Coloma Convent Girls' School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 57 56.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 56.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 62.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 21.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.52 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	57.4[6]	62.4%[6]
2023/24	56.7[4]	67.1%[4]		+0.52[4]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 6.9% 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C+[7]	9.9%[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 99% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 79% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 11% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 7% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 1% 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	99%[9]	84%[9]	13%[9]	2%[9]	0%[9]	1%[9]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[10]
UK higher education: 73% 2022/23[10]
Education: 75% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship: 4% 2022/23[10]
Employment: 11% 2022/23[10]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[11]	86%[11]	89%[11]	2%[11]	4%[11]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 97% 2021/22[12]
Top third of most selective universities: 45% 2021/22[12]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities
2020/21	91%[13]	35%[13]

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 Apr 2026[14]
Type: S5 Inspection[14]
Report published: 7 Jun 2026[14]
Inclusion: Expected standard[14]
Achievement: Expected standard[14]
Safeguarding standards: Met[14]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[14]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[14]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[14]
Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard[14]
Post-16 provision (where applicable): Expected standard[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.6 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference): 416 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences: 125 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered: 160 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[15]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	393[15]	106[15]	165[15]	2.4[15]	0.6[15]
Entry Sept 2024	393[15]	95[15]	138[15]	2.8[15]	0.7[15]
Entry Sept 2023	488[15]	120[15]	155[15]	3.1[15]	0.8[15]

Admissions

Application deadline: 31 Oct 2022 Entry Sept 2023[16]
Sibling priority: The presence of sibling(s) living at the same address 2026-10-14[17]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Girls[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1057[1]
Trust: ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority: Croydon[1]
Website: http://www.coloma.croydon.sch.uk/[1]
District: Croydon [18]
Postcode: CR9 5AS[1]
URN: 149347[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 924 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language: 28.8% 2024/25[19]
SEN support: 13% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan: 1.4% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 27.1% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 20.8%[20]
Mixed: 11.5%[20]
Asian: 24.6%[20]
Black: 40%[20]
Any other ethnic group: 2.2%[20]
Unclassified: 0.9%[20]

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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. 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.
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Apply online at: www.croydon.gov.uk/admissions The closing date for secondary school applications is 31 October 2022 2 2. (p. 2)
coloma-convent.reactfiles.co.uk: coloma-convent.reactfiles.co.uk — Admissions Policy Years 7-11-2027-2028-1 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
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The presence of sibling(s) living at the same address (see Note 3). (p. 4)
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