St Mary's Catholic High School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–19 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Croydon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Mary's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Croydon for ages 11–19 (voluntary aided school). Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
St Mary's Catholic High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as also happened at 5 of the 22 other Croydon secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 45 first-choice applications for 108 offers, or 0.4 first choices per offer, the lowest of 23 Croydon secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 63 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- 23% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Croydon.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Croydon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Woburn Road, Croydon, CR9 2EE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 565 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “This is a deeply caring school in which pupils treat one another, and staff, with great courtesy, respect and consideration.”
- “Staff take great care to understand each pupil's individual circumstances.”
- “Staff help them feel secure and at ease in the school environment.”
To improve
- “However, the support for some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) to learn the curriculum is not consistently effective.”
- “Some pupils with SEND have persisting gaps in their knowledge as a result.”
- “Likewise, some pupils do not receive additional support to address vital gaps in their knowledge, particularly in their written and spoken communication.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 March 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 23% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.5 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 45 first-preference applications, 108 offers in total, 45 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Croydon.
- Harris Invictus Academy Croydon 0.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Ark Blake Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coombe Wood School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harris Academy South Norwood 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Arena 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published