Schools in Croydon
154 schools in the Croydon local authority.
Schools
154
Open schools
Pupils
62,909
2025–26 census
Good or better
90%
108 of 120 graded
Academic Performance
5.7
out of 10 · 135 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 21 18%
- Good
- 87 73%
- Requires improvement
- 12 10%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
10 inspected since 2024, no overall grade5 superseded by a report card24 not judged
5.7
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 135 of 154 schools that can be scored
Pupils
62,909
pupils on roll
Boys 53%47% Girls
Roll from 152 of 154 schools (62,909 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
32%Asian
18%Black
28%Mixed
16%Chinese
<1%Any other group
3%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 127 of 154 schools (56,043 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 30.6%
- First language not English
- 33.3%
- Young carers
- <1%
17,134 of 56,043 pupils · 127 of 154 schools
18,673 of 56,043 pupils · 127 of 154 schools
231 of 55,628 pupils · 122 of 154 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 92
- Secondary
- 27
- All-through
- 4
- Special
- 13
- Nursery
- 5
- PRU
- 2
- Not recorded
- 11
Top primary schools in Croydon
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Heathfield AcademyCroydon · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Beaumont Primary SchoolCroydon · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 3.Chipstead Valley Primary SchoolCroydon · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 4.Harris Primary Academy Purley WayCroydon · Primary9.8/10Outstanding
- 5.Harris Primary Academy BensonCroydon · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 6.Park Hill Junior SchoolCroydon · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 7.St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery SchoolCroydon · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 8.St John's CofE Primary SchoolCroydon · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 9.Fairchildes Primary SchoolCroydon · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 10.Harris Primary Academy Haling ParkCroydon · Primary9.6/10Outstanding
- 11.David Livingstone AcademyCroydon · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 12.Park Hill Infant SchoolCroydon · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 13.Chestnut Park Primary SchoolCroydon · Primary9.1/10Outstanding
- 14.Harris Primary Academy CroydonCroydon · Primary9.1/10Outstanding
- 15.Margaret Roper Catholic Primary SchoolCroydon · Primary8.8/10Good
- 16.Winterbourne Junior Girls' SchoolCroydon · Primary8.8/10Good
- 17.Greenvale Primary SchoolCroydon · Primary8.7/10Good
- 18.Ridgeway Primary SchoolCroydon · Primary8.7/10Good
- 19.Oasis Academy ByronCroydon · Primary8.6/10Good
- 20.Rockmount Primary SchoolCroydon · Primary8.6/10
Top secondary schools in Croydon
The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Riddlesdown CollegiateCroydon · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 2.Harris Invictus Academy CroydonCroydon · Secondary9.5/10Outstanding
- 3.Harris City Academy Crystal PalaceCroydon · Secondary8.3/10
- 4.Coombe Wood SchoolCroydon · Secondary8.1/10Good
- 5.BRIT School for Performing Arts and TechnologyCroydon · Secondary7.4/10
- 6.Harris Academy PurleyCroydon · Secondary6.7/10Good
- 7.Harris Academy South NorwoodCroydon · Secondary6.7/10Good
- 8.Ark Blake AcademyCroydon · Secondary6.6/10Good
- 9.Norbury High School for GirlsCroydon · Secondary6.4/10Good
- 10.Oasis Academy CoulsdonCroydon · Secondary6.3/10Good
- 11.Woodcote High SchoolCroydon · Secondary6.3/10Good
- 12.Orchard Park High SchoolCroydon · Secondary5.7/10Good
- 13.Archbishop Tenison's CofE High SchoolCroydon · Secondary5.6/10Good
- 14.St Joseph's CollegeCroydon · Secondary3.9/10Good
- 15.Harris Academy Beulah HillCroydon · Secondary3.7/10
- 16.Oasis Academy Shirley ParkCroydon · Secondary3.4/10
- 17.Thomas More Catholic SchoolCroydon · Secondary3.4/10Good
- 18.The Archbishop Lanfranc AcademyCroydon · Secondary2.3/10
- 19.Coloma Convent Girls' SchoolCroydon · Secondary1.9/10Requires improvement
- 20.Meridian High SchoolCroydon · Secondary1.6/10Good
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About schools in Croydon
- How many schools are there in Croydon?
- Croydon has 154 open schools — 92 primary, 27 secondary, 13 special, 5 nursery, teaching 62,909 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Croydon are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 108 of the 120 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 90% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 21 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 154: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Croydon?
- 5.7 out of 10, averaged across the 135 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Croydon schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 34 schools in Croydon currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Croydon local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Croydon covers 154 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Croydon are eligible for free school meals?
- 30.6% — 17,134 of 56,043 pupils at the 127 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the London region.