Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 833 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.3
Voluntary aided school
St Mary's Catholic High School
- Pupils on roll
- 565of 1,115 places
- Free school meals
- 34.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 105
- Ofsted
- Report card, 13 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Of the 101 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Mary's Catholic High School in 2023, 18% stayed on in St Mary's Catholic High School’s own sixth form (Croydon average 48%), 48% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.5 against 46.1 across England and 44.5 in Croydon, with 23% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 99% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 1% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Croydon and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Croydon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 101 | 3,906 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 91% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 18% | 48% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 24% | 8% | 13% |
| — further education college | 48% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Croydon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.5 | 44.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 25% | 52% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.09 | 3.99 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 46% | 41% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.5 | 37.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 39.9 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 71% | 27% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 105 | 100% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 52% |
| Mathematics | 105 | 100% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 45% |
| English Language | 105 | 100% | 89% | 5% | 20% | 47% |
| Religious Studies | 104 | 99% | 31% | 13% | 32% | 53% |
| Combined Science | 104 | 99% | 65% | 7% | 9% | 41% |
| Business Studies | 47 | 45% | 18% | 6% | 20% | 40% |
| History | 45 | 43% | 41% | 4% | 26% | 36% |
| Geography | 31 | 30% | 41% | 6% | 25% | 26% |
| Spanish | 25 | 24% | 19% | 44% | 27% | 64% |
| Fine Art | 22 | 21% | 9% | 9% | 28% | 36% |
| Graphic Communication | 20 | 19% | 1% | 15% | 23% | 45% |
| French | 14 | 13% | 18% | 21% | 29% | 43% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 14 | 13% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 14% |
| Citizenship Studies | 14 | 13% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 29% |
| Portuguese | 11 | 10% | 0% | 64% | 50% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 10% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 60% |
| Drama | 8 | 8% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 38% |
| Music | 6 | 6% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| Polish | 3 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Gujarati | 3 | 3% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
| Italian | 3 | 3% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Urdu | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 15 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Croydon
Coloma Convent Girls' School
Academy converter · sixth form · 967 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.4
Coombe Wood School
Free schools · sixth form · 1,162 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
Harris Academy Purley
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,013 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.8
Harris Academy South Norwood
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,008 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.2
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,191 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.