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
760 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
16.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.6%
Persistent absence
22.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.5%
Pupil ethnicities
African 34.6%
Caribbean 15.9%
White British 14.2%
Mixed 12.6%
Other White 7.8%
Unclassified 4.5%
Other Black 3.7%
Indian 2.1%
Other Asian 2.1%
Pakistani 0.9%
Other 0.9%
Chinese 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
TourismTechnical Award5
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE25
Classical CivilisationGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE119
English LiteratureGCSE119
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE18
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
141
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
137
2nd preference
112
3rd preference
96
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
111
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
80
70
Year 8
150
78
72
Year 9
147
74
73
Year 10
118
57
61
Year 11
120
57
63
Year 12
37
20
17
Year 13
38
18
20
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
89.8%
85.6%
Further education
37.0%
29.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
52.0%
51.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
2.0%
8.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
0.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
75.0%
72.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
18.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
1.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
0.9%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021