Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 833 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.3
Academy sponsor led
Orchard Park High School
- Pupils on roll
- 675of 1,000 places
- Free school meals
- 40.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 103
- Ofsted
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 24 January 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Edenham High School (URN 101819, until 29 April 2015).
What the data says
Orchard Park High School has no sixth form. Of the 114 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 46% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 41% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.8 against 46.1 across England and 44.5 in Croydon, with 45% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Orchard Park High School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | Orchard Park High School | Croydon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 114 | 3,906 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 91% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 45% | 48% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 8% | 13% |
| — further education college | 46% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Orchard Park High School | Croydon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.8 | 44.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 23% | 52% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.84 | 3.99 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 52% | 41% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 45.3 | 37.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.4 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 18% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 102 | 99% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 68% |
| English Language | 102 | 99% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 65% |
| English Literature | 102 | 99% | 86% | 19% | 21% | 77% |
| History | 79 | 77% | 41% | 10% | 26% | 53% |
| Physics | 53 | 51% | 23% | 17% | 46% | 75% |
| Biology | 53 | 51% | 23% | 15% | 45% | 75% |
| Chemistry | 53 | 51% | 23% | 23% | 47% | 77% |
| Business Studies | 50 | 49% | 18% | 6% | 20% | 60% |
| Combined Science | 49 | 48% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 39% |
| Sociology | 42 | 41% | 4% | 10% | 21% | 45% |
| Geography | 37 | 36% | 41% | 24% | 25% | 70% |
| Drama | 25 | 24% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| Fine Art | 17 | 17% | 9% | 12% | 28% | 59% |
| Photography | 16 | 16% | 6% | 0% | 19% | 50% |
| French | 13 | 13% | 18% | 15% | 29% | 92% |
| Spanish | 10 | 10% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 60% |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health | 41 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 10 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 7 | — | — |
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.