Secondary
Coombe Wood School
30 Melville Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 7HY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1162 of 1100 places
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- GREENSHAW LEARNING TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
55%
52.6
1st of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in South Croydon we can score - 4 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 | 52.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.94 |
| Entered the EBacc | 88% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.06 |
| A level students | 92 |
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 time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 53% |
| 23/24 | 57% |
| 24/25 | 55% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 28.0 |
| 23/24 | 26.1 |
| 24/25 | 31.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | +0.40 |
| 23/24 | +0.38 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 50.1 |
| 23/24 | 50.6 |
| 24/25 | 52.6 |
30 Melville Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 7HY
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
- Nicole Williams
- Address
- 30 Melville Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 7HY
- Telephone
- 02082894745