St Joseph's College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 25 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Croydon
Unique reference
138221
Address
Beulah Hill, SE19 3HL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
807 (81% of total capacity)
Boys
99.3%
Girls
0.7%
First language not English
24.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.9%
Persistent absence
16.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.9%
Pupil ethnicities
African 32.1%
Caribbean 13.6%
Pakistani 11.2%
Mixed 9%
Other Asian 7.4%
Other White 6.6%
Indian 5.6%
Other 5.3%
Other Black 3.2%
White British 3%
Unclassified 1.5%
Bangladeshi 1.4%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 43%
Local authority average 52%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.4
Local authority average 44.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.08
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award19
Sports StudiesTechnical Award28
ArabicGCSE3
BiologyGCSE16
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE16
ChineseGCSE22
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
English LanguageGCSE160
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

St Joseph's College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
107
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
60
2nd preference
49
3rd preference
39
From another Local Authority
56
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
60
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
9
To another Local Authority
31
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes17.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
104
104
0
Year 8
108
108
0
Year 9
125
125
0
Year 10
159
159
0
Year 11
164
164
0
Year 12
60
57
3
Year 13
87
84
3
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
90.9%
85.5%
Further education
20.0%
33.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
69.0%
49.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
7.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.5%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
71.0%
67.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
7.0%
14.9%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
5.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022