This month marks the start of the 2024-2025 school year, bringing a major change in how Ofsted will grade schools.

According to the government's website, single headline grades for schools will be removed "with immediate effect."

The goal is to "improve school standards and provide greater transparency for parents," as the government believes one grade is too simple and doesn't reflect performance across different areas.

We have compiled a list of the ratings of all of the secondary schools in Croydon prior to the change as well as the date their most recent Ofsted report was published.

 

Outstanding:

Bensham Manor School – July 4, 2024

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace – November 10, 2014

Harris Invictus Academy Croydon – March 2, 2023

Riddlesdown Collegiate – May 18, 2023

 

Good:

Abingdon House School Purley – July 9, 2024

Addington Valley Academy – March 15, 2023

Al-Khair Secondary Girls – July 10, 2024

Archbishop Tenison’s Church of England High School – May 6, 2022

Ark Blake Academy – April 27, 2023

Aspire Learning – June 27, 2024

Beckmead College – June 10, 2024

BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology – July 11, 2023

Chaffinch Brook School – June 13, 2024

Coombe Wood School – March 2, 2023

Croydon Metropolitan College – March 28, 2024

Harris Academy Purley – April 27, 2023

Harris Academy South Norwood – September 21, 2022

Meridian High School – March 21, 2023

Norbury High School for Girls – May 23, 2022

Oasis Academy Coulsdon – May 15, 2024

Oasis Academy Shirley Park – June 17, 2019

Orchard Park High School – March 13, 2024

Priory School – June 14, 2023

Rutherford School – December 6, 2022

Shirley High School Performing Arts College – February 1, 2023

St Giles School – June 15, 2023

St Joseph’s College – June 24, 2020

St Mary’s Catholic High School – January 28, 2022

The Cedars School – April 16, 2014

The Laurels School – December 11, 2014

The New School – January 24, 2022

The Write Time – October 20, 2023

Thomas More Catholic School – June 3, 2019

Woodcote High School – March 22, 2024

 

Requires improvement:

Arise Academy – July 15, 2024

Oasis Academy Arena – December 18, 2023

The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy – October 17, 2022

The Quest Academy – May 9, 2024

 

Secretary of State for Education Bridget Phillipson said: “The need for Ofsted reform to drive high and rising standards for all our children in every school is overwhelmingly clear.

“The removal of headline grades is a generational reform and a landmark moment for children, parents, and teachers.

“Single headline grades are low information for parents and high stakes for schools.

“Parents deserve a much clearer, much broader picture of how schools are performing – that’s what our report cards will provide.

“This government will make inspection a more powerful, more transparent tool for driving school improvement.

“We promised change, and now we are delivering.”