Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School

State-Funded School

archbishop-tenisons-cofe-high-school-croydon-london

LondonRegion

CroydonLocal Authority

Croydon SouthConstituency

CR0 5JQPostcode

5.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Croydon, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 833 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 14 Apr 2026 · published 12 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 45.3
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 38.7%
EBacc average point score: 4.16

Ethnicity

White

22%

Asian

Black

52%

Mixed

14%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

833

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

37%

England average

27%

First language not English

20%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 833
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 3 March 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
10 Jun 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.