Community special school

Priory School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formCroydon, London · London SE19 3QNSchool website
Pupils on roll
140of 139 places
Free school meals
51.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
13
Ofsted
Good, 2 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 25 pupils who finished Year 11 at Priory School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Priory School’s own sixth form (Croydon average 48%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none 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.

Priory School
Croydon
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasurePriory SchoolCroydonEngland
Pupils in the cohort253,906607,348
Any sustained destination100%93%92%
Stayed in education100%91%86%
— school sixth form0%48%34%
— sixth form college0%8%13%
— further education college0%34%37%
— other education100%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination0%4%6%
Destination unknown0%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

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Croydon

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

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.