Norbury High School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 16 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Croydon
Unique reference
137754
Address
Kensington Avenue, CR7 8BT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1245 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
58.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.6%
Persistent absence
36.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 23.5%
Mixed 12.6%
African 12.1%
Other 10.4%
Caribbean 9.6%
Other Asian 7.4%
Indian 6.4%
White British 5.1%
Bangladeshi 3.9%
Other White 3.6%
Unclassified 2.7%
Other Black 2.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

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

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.04
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award39
Health StudiesTechnical Award48
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE24
BiologyGCSE85
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE84
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE62
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Norbury High School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
192
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
138
2nd preference
61
3rd preference
74
From another Local Authority
45
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
138
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
21
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 classes23.5
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
190
0
190
Year 8
233
0
233
Year 9
224
0
224
Year 10
225
0
225
Year 11
225
0
225
Year 12
81
0
81
Year 13
67
0
67
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
91.9%
86.5%
Further education
16.0%
29.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
72.0%
53.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
7.0%
8.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
83.0%
70.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
14.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
11.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
0.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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