Secondary
Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School
Selborne Road, Croydon, CR0 5JQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 833 of 800 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Southwark
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 57.8
- Pupils per adult
- 13.2
- Pupils
- 760
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
March 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
39%
2 points below the Croydon average (41% across 23 schools)
45.3
0.8 above the Croydon average (44.5 across 23 schools)
19th of 23 by our score, among the secondary schools in Croydon we can score - 30 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.16 |
| Entered the EBacc | 71% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% |
| A level average points per entry | 30.05 |
| A level students | 33 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31% |
| 22/23 | 41% |
| 23/24 | 41% |
| 24/25 | 39% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 29.7 |
| 22/23 | 24.6 |
| 23/24 | 25.7 |
| 24/25 | 30.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.74 |
| 22/23 | -0.01 |
| 23/24 | -0.18 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.8 |
| 22/23 | 47.1 |
| 23/24 | 45.9 |
| 24/25 | 45.3 |
Selborne Road, Croydon, CR0 5JQ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Croydon admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Richard Parrish
- Address
- Selborne Road, Croydon, CR0 5JQ
- Telephone
- 02086884014