The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.772 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy is a secondary school in Croydon for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy 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 | 5.772 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 2026, the last child offered a place lived 5.772 miles from the school, 5th longest of the 15 Croydon secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 distance was further than in 2025 and about the same as in 2020; the biggest swing between years came from 2025 to 2026.
- Year 7 2026 drew 65 first-choice applications for 93 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 28 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 32% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Croydon secondary schools.
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
- Mitcham Road, Croydon, CR9 3AS
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 758 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly and welcoming school.”
- “They strive to achieve the academy values of teamwork, accountability, leadership and aspiration.”
- “Caring relationships with staff encourage pupils to try their best.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, teaching does not present new information to pupils clearly enough.”
- “In some instances, timely checks on pupils’ understanding of new content are not precise.”
- “This results in pupils finding some content confusing and moving on to new learning before they are fully ready.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2025 (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) | 32% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.1 | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 93 offers in total, 65 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 1.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Norbury High School for Girls 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic High School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ark Blake Academy 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Harris Academy Beulah Hill 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's College 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Harris Academy South Norwood 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published