Croydon
Riddlesdown Collegiate
GCSE results 2026: every Croydon school ranked · how England did
Dependable results for a comprehensive intake; the journey is the main thing to weigh.
What the data says
Published data, read plainly. It tells you what to check next; it does not guarantee a place or replace your local authority’s admissions guidance.
Attainment 8 of 55.3 is well above the national average of around 46. This reflects strong GCSE outcomes across the standard subject basket.
- 55.3
- Attainment 8
- 63%
- 5+ Eng & Maths
- 2025/2026
- Academic year
Progress is close to average or statistically uncertain because the confidence interval crosses zero. This does not necessarily mean the school adds or detracts from pupil progress.
- +0.14
- Progress 8
- [-0.02, 0.30]
- Confidence interval
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Starting school in September 2027
- Secondary (Year 7): apply by 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
National dates for England. You apply through the council where you live, even for a school in another council.
Applications and offers
National offer day figures that councils report to the Department for Education. These are counts only: they do not show how far away the last child offered a place lived.
Year 7 entry
| Year of entry | Places offered | Put it first | First choices offered | Applications (any preference) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 299 | 480 | 287 (60%) | 1,321 |
| September 2025 | 312 | 484 | 302 (62%) | 1,379 |
| September 2024 | 312 | 468 | 299 (64%) | 1,380 |
| September 2023 | 316 | 477 | 299 (63%) | 1,457 |
| September 2022 | 317 | 444 | 286 (64%) | 1,474 |
Source: Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers, Academic year 2026/27, school-level data, published 18 June 2026. “–” means the figure was not published. The council’s own allocation figures are the official record: check Croydon’s admissions page for cut-off distances, the admission rules and this year’s dates.
Performance over time
Attainment 8 over time
Progress 8 over time(not available 2024/25 or 2025/26)
University destinations
Share of this school's sixth-form leavers who went on to Oxford or Cambridge, a Russell Group university, or a university in the top third by entry grades. Department for Education data for state-funded schools and colleges.
| Left sixth form | Students | Oxford or Cambridge | Russell Group | Top-third universities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 2024-2025 tables | 207 | Not published | Not published | 32% England 19% |
| 2020/21 2023-2024 tables | 130 | Not published | Not published | 42% England 24% |
| 2019/20 2022-2023 tables | 125 | 2% England 1% | 38% England 18% | 41% England 20% |
| 2018/19 2021-2022 tables | 126 | 0% England 1% | 24% England 15% | 26% England 17% |
| 2017/18 2020-2021 tables | 127 | 0% England 1% | 15% England 16% | 17% England 18% |
| 2015/16 2018-2019 tables | 134 | 0% England 1% | 12% England 14% | 23% England 19% |
- The DfE stopped publishing Oxbridge and Russell Group shares for individual schools after the 2022-23 performance tables (students who left in 2019/20). Top-third figures continue.
- Figures are percentages of all students who finished 16 to 18 study at the school, counting those who sustained a university place in the two years after leaving.
- Rankings use the average across years weighted by the number of students; a school needs at least 2 years and 50 students to be ranked. The top-third ranking uses the latest 3 years. Ranks are among state-funded schools and colleges.
- '<0.5%' means above zero but under half a percent. 'Suppressed' means 5 or fewer students.
- Source: Department for Education, 16 to 18 progression to higher education or training (Compare school and college performance, Explore education statistics).
Questions parents ask about Riddlesdown Collegiate
- How good are Riddlesdown Collegiate's GCSE results?
- In 2025/26 (provisional) pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55.3, against 47.6 across England. 17.5% got grade 7 or above in both English and maths.
- How good are Riddlesdown Collegiate's A-level results?
- In 2024/25 students averaged 37.9 points per A-level entry (an average grade of B-). An A* is worth 60 points and an A 50.
- How hard is it to get into Riddlesdown Collegiate?
- For September 2026, 480 families put it first for 299 Year 7 places: 1.6 first choices per place, the 57th highest in London.
- How many Riddlesdown Collegiate students go to Oxford or Cambridge?
- 0.5% of its sixth-form leavers went to Oxford or Cambridge, and 22.0% to Russell Group universities (2015/16–2019/20), from Department for Education destination data.
Historical results
| Year | Pupils | Att8 | P8 | 5+ E&M | 7+ E&M | EBacc % | EBacc APS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/2026 (provisional) | 325 | 55.3 | — | 63.1% | 17.5% | — | — |
| 2024/2025 | 320 | 50.7 | — | 55.0% | — | 50.9% | 4.5 |
| 2023/2024 | 322 | 50.6 | +0.14 | 52.5% | — | 32.3% | 4.4 |
| 2022/2023 | 327 | 56.3 | +0.49 | 66.1% | — | 41.6% | 5.0 |
| 2021/2022 | 323 | 56.1 | +0.31 | — | — | 45.0% | 5.0 |
EBacc figures stop at 2024/2025: the DfE no longer publishes them from 2025/2026.
Nearby and similar schools
Other secondary schools in Croydon for local comparison.
School information
| URN | 138178 |
| Local authority | Croydon |
| Region | London |
| Phase | Secondary |
| Type | Academy converter |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 11-19 |
| Headteacher | Principal Daniel Osborne |
| Trust | THE COLLEGIATE TRUST |
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | None |
| Postcode | CR8 1EX |
| Pupils | 2,067 |
| FSM eligible | 13.4% |
Contact and identifiers
Honister Heights, Purley, Surrey, CR8 1EX
https://www.riddlesdown.orgView local authority page2086685136| DfE number | 5400 |
| UKPRN | 10037408 |
| Opened | 1 Jun 2012 |
| GIAS updated | 9 Feb 2026 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 9 Feb 2026 |
| Latest KS4 year | 2025/2026 |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | 17 May 2023 |
Latest Ofsted inspection
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Safeguarding | Effective |
| Inspection type | S5 Inspection |
| Category of concern | — |
| Inspection date | 21 Mar 2023 |
| Publication date | 17 May 2023 |