Riddlesdown Collegiate
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · Purley, Croydon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.334 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Riddlesdown Collegiate is a secondary school in Purley, Croydon for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Riddlesdown Collegiate 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 | 1.334 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.334 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 15 Croydon secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 480 first-choice applications for 299 offers; 287 offers went to first-choice families, and 193 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Of 1,321 applications for Year 7 in 2026, 162 came from families living outside Croydon, and 13 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 50.7 (England 46).
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
- Honister Heights, Purley, CR8 1EX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 2,074 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders ensure that all pupils receive an exceptional education.”
- “The focus on academic rigour, creative and cultural learning enables pupils to excel.”
- “Leaders ensure that pupils have opportunities to contribute positively to society.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 2023 (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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
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: 480 first-preference applications, 299 offers in total, 287 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.
- Thomas More Catholic School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Harris Academy Purley 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Coulsdon 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodcote High School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Quest Academy 2.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Coombe Wood School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Coloma Convent Girls' School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published