Orchard Park High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.574 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Orchard Park High School is a secondary school in Croydon for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 24 January 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Orchard Park 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 | 1.574 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
- Year 7 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.574 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 15 Croydon secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 2026 last distance was nearer than in 2025 and in 2020, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 139 first-choice applications for 145 offers; 110 offers went to first-choice families, and 29 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 45% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th highest 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
- Orchard Way, Shirley, Croydon, CR0 7NJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 675 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 24 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils in this school receive an exceptional education.”
- “Leaders have extremely high expectations for pupils, which ensures that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), can excel.”
- “Pupils are very polite and welcoming.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 March 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) | 45% | 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: 139 first-preference applications, 145 offers in total, 110 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.
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shirley High School Performing Arts College 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Coloma Convent Girls' School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Arena 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ark Blake Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Harris Academy South Norwood 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Coombe Wood School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published