GCSE results 2026

Croydon GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 24 state secondary schools in Croydon, 3,942 pupils. Croydon ranks 66 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 1.6 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

47.7%

0.1 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

13.6%

1.1 pts below England

Attainment 8

47.3

0.3 points below England

Council rank

66 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Croydon at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Coloma Convent Girls' School (56.8).
Schools range from 29.7 to 56.8 on Attainment 8, a spread of 27.1 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 40.9, 10.6 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Harris City Academy Crystal Palace (49.9).
Most improved on 2025: St Mary's Catholic High School, up 10.2 points to 46.7.

Every Croydon secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	Coloma Convent Girls' SchoolGirls · Roman Catholic · Top 10% three years running	151	56.8	−0.6	83.4%	62.3%	21.2%	43.7
2	Riddlesdown Collegiate	325	55.3	+4.6	80.3%	63.1%	17.5%	49.3
3	Coombe Wood School	177	53.9	+1.3	74.0%	55.4%	24.9%	42.7
4	Harris City Academy Crystal Palace	178	52.9	+0.6	79.8%	61.2%	20.8%	49.9
5	Harris Academy Purley	177	52.2	+5.4	72.9%	60.5%	20.3%	48.4
6	Oasis Academy Coulsdon	185	50.5	+5.7	75.1%	54.6%	22.7%	38.0
7	Orchard Park High School	120	50.5	+5.7	69.2%	57.5%	21.7%	45.9
8	Harris Academy Beulah Hill	169	49.0	+4.6	65.7%	42.0%	12.4%	46.2
9	BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology	198	48.5	−1.6	79.3%	49.5%	9.6%	40.9
10	Woodcote High School	224	47.9	+1.8	69.6%	54.5%	13.8%	36.4
11	The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy	159	47.2	+8.1	64.8%	49.7%	15.1%	45.3
12	St Mary's Catholic High SchoolRoman Catholic	109	46.7	+10.2	60.6%	49.5%	14.7%	47.5
13	Norbury High School for GirlsGirls	228	46.5	+0.1	61.4%	45.6%	11.8%	41.4
14	Harris Invictus Academy Croydon	155	46.1	+1.1	60.6%	45.8%	13.5%	41.3
15	Thomas More Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic	113	46.0	+3.9	68.1%	42.5%	8.8%	42.4
16	Harris Academy South Norwood	173	45.4	−2.8	60.1%	38.7%	9.8%	40.6
17	St Joseph's CollegeBoys · Roman Catholic	151	44.0	−1.5	58.9%	41.7%	7.3%	41.1
18	Archbishop Tenison's CofE High SchoolChurch of England	145	43.5	−1.8	57.9%	36.6%	6.9%	36.3
19	Ark Blake Academy	156	43.5	−2.1	62.2%	45.5%	10.9%	37.4
20	Oasis Academy Shirley Park	158	40.6	−2.0	50.6%	34.8%	8.2%	36.9
21	The Quest Academy	161	40.5	+3.0	59.0%	35.4%	7.5%	35.9
22	Oasis Academy Arena	75	39.0	+1.4	49.3%	38.7%	8.0%	38.7
23	Shirley High School Performing Arts College	142	38.5	+0.8	48.6%	24.6%	2.8%	35.9
24	Meridian High School	113	29.7	−4.5	43.4%	16.8%	1.8%	26.8
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Croydon against the rest of London

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.