Coloma Convent Girls' School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Croydon
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Croydon Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Coloma Convent Girls' School is a secondary school in Croydon for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Coloma Convent Girls' 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 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 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
- In 2024/25, 62% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Croydon.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was average.
- Year 7 entry in 2026 drew 125 first-choice applications for 160 offers; 112 offers went to first-choice families and 13 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- 26.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 46.7% across 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
- Upper Shirley Road, Croydon, CR9 5AS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 967 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this harmonious school where they are safe and happy.”
- “Pupils are typically industrious, motivated to succeed in their studies and enjoy highly positive relationships with one another and staff.”
- “In the vast majority of cases, pupils rise to the school's high expectations of them.”
To improve
- “Where some pupils need extra help to behave well, the school provides it, although the support some pupils receive does not always meet their needs precisely.”
- “However, there are some instances where pupils do not grasp what teachers want them to and this is not consistently addressed.”
- “However, there are some differences between how well different groups of pupils secure key knowledge and understanding.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 2026 (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) | 62% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 57.4 | 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: 125 first-preference applications, 160 offers in total, 112 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.
- Shirley High School Performing Arts College 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Shirley Park 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Coombe Wood School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Orchard Park High School 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- The Quest Academy 1.3 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ark Blake Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Arena 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published