Oasis Academy Coulsdon
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.882 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Oasis Academy Coulsdon is a secondary school in Croydon for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 March 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Oasis Academy Coulsdon 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 | 1.882 mi |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 52% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Croydon.
- For Year 7 2026 the last distance offered was 1.882 miles, 4th shortest of 15 Croydon secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance (middle figure 3.51 miles).
- Year 7 2026 drew 176 first-choice applications for 163 offers; 143 offers went to first-choice families and 33 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 2026, 171 of the 588 applications (29%) came from families living outside Croydon, and 32 offers went to them.
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
- Homefield Road, Old Coulsdon, Croydon, CR5 1ES
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 927 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 March 2024
Strengths
- “This is a school that cares about its pupils.”
- “The school is described by many here as being like a ‘family’.”
- “The school has high expectations of pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/ or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “On occasion, teaching does not check pupils’ learning carefully enough in lessons.”
- “This limits pupils’ deeper understanding of subject content.”
- “However, overall absence is not reducing as quickly as hoped.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 May 2024 (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) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.8 | 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: 176 first-preference applications, 163 offers in total, 143 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.
- Riddlesdown Collegiate 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Woodcote High School 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thomas More Catholic School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Harris Academy Purley 3.7 mi Good Last distance published
- The Quest Academy 4.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Coombe Wood School 4.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School 5.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Meridian High School 5.4 mi Good Last distance published