Coombe Wood School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · South Croydon, Croydon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.105 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Coombe Wood School is a secondary school in South Croydon, Croydon for ages 11–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 17 January 2023. Croydon and the school have published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Coombe Wood 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 | 1.105 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 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 Year 7 place in 2026 went to a child 1.105 miles away, the shortest of the 15 Croydon secondary schools with a published last distance, this one included.
- The 2026 Year 7 distance was further than in 2025 and in 2020, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 6 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 entry drew 321 first-choice applications for 174 offers; 144 went to first-choice families, and 177 first-choice families (55%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd 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
- 30 Melville Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 7HY
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 1,162 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 17 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and well cared for at this school.”
- “They said that they have lots of help to do well academically.”
- “Leaders have high ambition for their pupils’ academic and personal success.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, leaders have not identified clearly enough the order in which some key ideas should be taught.”
- “Occasionally, learning in class is disrupted by less-thanrespectful behaviour.”
- “Leaders do not organise as many opportunities for younger pupils to meet as wide a range of technical education and apprenticeships providers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | 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: 321 first-preference applications, 174 offers in total, 144 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.
- Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Coloma Convent Girls' School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shirley High School Performing Arts College 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Ark Blake Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Quest Academy 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic High School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harris Academy Purley 1.6 mi Good Last distance published