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Riddlesdown Collegiate

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy

Honister Heights, Purley CR8 1EX · riddlesdown.org · 020 8668 5136

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Overview

Ofsted
Outstanding
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
50.7
average Attainment 8 score. Croydon 44.5, England 46
Last distance offered
1.33 mi
2.15 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Croydon Council
Demand for places
1.6
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
2,074
34 over 2,040 places · 102%
Local authority
Croydon
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
13.8%
First language not English
11.7%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Collegiate Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.33 mi (2.15 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 1.46 mi (2.34 km). Source: Croydon Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 480 families put the school first and 299 places were offered; 60% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 444 (Places 317)444September 2023: 477 (Places 316)477September 2024: 468 (Places 312)468September 2025: 484 (Places 312)484September 2026: 480 (Places 299)480Places 299
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262994801.6▲60%
September 2025Sept 20253124841.6▲62%
September 2024Sept 20243124681.5▲64%
September 2023Sept 20233164771.5▲63%
September 2022Sept 20223174441.4▲64%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 20261.33 mi2.15 km
September 20251.46 mi2.34 km
September 20241.49 mi2.39 km
September 20231.34 mi2.15 km
September 20221.47 mi2.37 km

The furthest distance at which a place was offered under the distance criterion.

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.7, and 55% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Croydon it was 44.5, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (37.9 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 52.2 (England 46.3)52.22017/18: 55.0 (England 46.5)55.02018/19: 53.3 (England 46.7)53.32021/22: 56.1 (England 48.8)56.12022/23: 56.3 (England 46.3)56.32023/24: 50.6 (England 45.9)50.62024/25: 50.7 (England 46.0)50.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲50.746.0
▲55.0%45.4%
▲75.6%64.8%
▲50.9%40.5%
▲4.524.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form54−0.5
Sixth form college10.2−5.9
Further education26.4+3.5
Other education0.3−0.6
Apprenticeship1.2−0.3
Employment0.90
Not in a lasting destination4.3+1.8
Activity not captured2.5+1.9

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 29.6 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.7 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 32.2 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 36.4 (England 32.9)B-2021/22: 39.3 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 37.3 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 35.7 (England 34.4)B-2024/25: 37.9 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
195 studentsB- (37.9)Above average +0.11
195 studentsB- (38)Above average +0.11
17.4%AAB or better
94.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24202B- (35.7)+0.04
2022/23178B- (37.3)—
2021/22199B (39.3)—
2018/19132B- (36.4)+0.17
2017/18128C+ (32.2)+0.03
2016/17169C+ (31.7)+0.08
2015/16143C (29.6)-0.10

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University71.4+11.2
Further and other education1.4−1.9
Further education0.90
Other education0.5−1.9
Apprenticeship1.8−3.4
Employment16.1−4.3
Not in a lasting destination6−1.6
Activity not captured3.2−0.1

Ofsted

Riddlesdown Collegiate was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 21 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Outstanding
Inspected
21 Mar 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • May 2016Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Oct 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (204 replies, to 1 January 2024).

Recommend
83%
Replies
204
10% · 1 Jan 2024
Child is happy at school▼83% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼84% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼77% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●85% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▼84% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼70% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing●83% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▲95% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼75% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly●78% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 80% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼46% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 35% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼51% agreeEngland 67%

based on 41 parents (20%) with SEND

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