Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 3 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Croydon
Unique reference
101811
Address
Selborne Road, CR0 5JQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
764 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
47.9%
Girls
52.1%
First language not English
15.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.5%
Persistent absence
22.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.4%
Pupil ethnicities
African 35.7%
Caribbean 16.1%
White British 14%
Mixed 13.2%
Other White 6.9%
Unclassified 4.3%
Other Black 3.9%
Indian 1.8%
Other Asian 1.8%
Pakistani 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Other 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 52%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.1
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.23
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award14
Health StudiesTechnical Award15
Art & DesignGCSE30
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
DanceGCSE9
English LanguageGCSE120
English LiteratureGCSE118
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
154
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
127
2nd preference
133
3rd preference
110
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
104
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.6
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
78
73
Year 8
148
73
75
Year 9
120
54
66
Year 10
123
59
64
Year 11
120
55
65
Year 12
41
20
21
Year 13
61
27
34
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
91.9%
86.5%
Further education
19.0%
29.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
74.0%
53.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
8.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
92.0%
70.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
33.0%
14.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
25.0%
11.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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