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Riddlesdown Collegiate

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
138178
Address
Honister Heights, CR8 1EX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2060 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
54.9%
Girls
45.1%
First language not English
5.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.1%
Persistent absence
21.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 45.4%
Mixed 14%
Other White 8%
Indian 5.6%
African 5.4%
Unclassified 4.6%
Caribbean 3.6%
Other Black 3.6%
Other Asian 3.4%
Pakistani 3.3%
Other 1.9%
Chinese 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.49
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 42%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.3
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.97
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award35
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE46
BiologyGCSE59
Business Studies:SingleGCSE168
ChemistryGCSE58
Classical CivilisationGCSE44
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE44
Design & TechnologyGCSE60
DanceGCSE10
EconomicsGCSE69
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Riddlesdown Collegiate

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
312
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
468
2nd preference
366
3rd preference
222
From another Local Authority
203
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
299
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
23
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 classes24.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
328
172
156
Year 8
327
178
149
Year 9
325
178
147
Year 10
327
194
133
Year 11
323
158
165
Year 12
210
127
83
Year 13
220
124
96
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Secondary

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
89.8%
85.6%
Further education
23.0%
29.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
54.0%
51.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
16.0%
8.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
SP
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
0.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
84.0%
72.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
42.0%
18.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
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
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