St Mary's Catholic High School

State-Funded School

st-marys-catholic-high-school-croydon-london

LondonRegion

CroydonLocal Authority

Croydon WestConstituency

CR9 2EEPostcode

1.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's Catholic High School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–19, located in Croydon, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 565 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 13 Jan 2026 · published 15 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 36.5
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 22.9%
EBacc average point score: 3.09

Ethnicity

White

15%

Asian

20%

Black

46%

Mixed

13%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

565

Total Pupils

47%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

60%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 565
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 4 November 2021. 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
27 Feb 2017	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.