Secondary
St Mary's Catholic High School
Woburn Road, Croydon, CR9 2EE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 565 of 1115 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Southwark
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 44.9
- Pupils per adult
- 12.9
- Pupils
- 579
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 January 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
November 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)February 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
23%
18 points below the Croydon average (41% across 23 schools)
36.5
8.0 below the Croydon average (44.5 across 23 schools)
22nd 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 | 36.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.09 |
| Entered the EBacc | 25% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 23% |
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 | 40% |
| 22/23 | 30% |
| 23/24 | 30% |
| 24/25 | 23% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.42 |
| 22/23 | 0.00 |
| 23/24 | +0.29 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.1 |
| 22/23 | 38.6 |
| 23/24 | 39.8 |
| 24/25 | 36.5 |
Woburn Road, Croydon, CR9 2EE
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
- Conal Patrick Shields
- Address
- Woburn Road, Croydon, CR9 2EE
- Telephone
- 02086863837