Meridian High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
6.128 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Meridian High School is a secondary school in Croydon for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Meridian 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 | 6.128 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 6.128 miles away, the 4th longest of 15 Croydon secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 85 first-choice applications for 113 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 30% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 34.2 (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
- Fairchildes Avenue, New Addington, Croydon, CR0 0AH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 535 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 64.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have ensured that the school ethos of ‘present the best version of yourself’ is central to the daily life of the school.”
- “Pupils learn how to speak with confidence and to present their learning with pride.”
- “This prepares pupils well for the next stage of their education or training.”
To improve
- “Results in national tests at age 16 do not yet reflect the impact of this new curriculum.”
- “In Years 7, 8 and 9 teachers do not consistently identify and address gaps in pupils’ knowledge successfully.”
- “Despite this, some pupils’ attendance remains low.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 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) | 30% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 34.2 | 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: 85 first-preference applications, 113 offers in total, 85 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.
- The Quest Academy 2.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Shirley High School Performing Arts College 3.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Coloma Convent Girls' School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Riddlesdown Collegiate 3.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Coombe Wood School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Orchard Park High School 3.8 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published