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Girls secondary school in Croydon

Coloma Convent Girls' School

Upper Shirley Road, Croydon, Surrey, CR9 5AS

Sixth form Roman Catholic Girls
School website 02086546228

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 21 April 2026.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

57.4 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

62% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

88% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

5.1 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

48% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.52confidence interval 0.29 to 0.75

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C+
Average points per entry
33.8

England average 32.3

A level students
88

Pupils

Pupils on roll
967
Places
1057
How full
91% full — 967 of 1057 places taken
Overall absence
8%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
22%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
27%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
29%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
13%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
99%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
98%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
0%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
79%
No sustained destination
1%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
150

After sixth form

Went to university
73%

England 50%

In education, work or training
90%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
4%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
142

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

45% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
97%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
116

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Croydon 026A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
38%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
19%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
85%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
4%

England 17%

Households with no car
12%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
46%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
ST OSCAR ROMERO CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Headteacher
Headteacher: Danielle Bumford-Sinclair
Local authority
Croydon
Ward
Shirley South
Constituency
Croydon East
URN
149347

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Shirley High School Performing Arts CollegeAcademy converter Good 2022 37.7 0.1 mi
Trinity SchoolOther independent school No grade 0.5 mi
Royal Russell SchoolOther independent school No grade 1 mi
Oasis Academy Shirley ParkAcademy sponsor led No grade 42.6 1 mi
Coombe Wood SchoolFree schools Good 2023 52.6 1.1 mi
Orchard Park High SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2024 44.8 1.1 mi
The Quest AcademyAcademy sponsor led Requires improvement 2024 37.5 1.3 mi
Archbishop Tenison's CofE High SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 45.3 1.3 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Golborne High SchoolFoundation school Outstanding 2023 50.1
Henry Beaufort SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 50.5
Millfield Science & Performing Arts CollegeCommunity school Good 2022 48.5
Penwortham Girls' High SchoolCommunity school Outstanding 2024 52.9
St Aidan's Catholic AcademyAcademy converter No grade 51.2
The Suthers SchoolFree schools Good 2024 46.4
Winterstoke Hundred AcademyFree schools Good 2023 40.1
St Mary Redcliffe and Temple SchoolVoluntary aided school No grade 54.2

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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