Meridian High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 25 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Croydon
Unique reference
143846
Address
Fairchildes Avenue, New Addington, CR0 0AH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
539 (56% of total capacity)
Boys
52.7%
Girls
47.3%
First language not English
8.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
60.1%
Persistent absence
43.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
26.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 66.4%
Mixed 10%
African 7.1%
Unclassified 6.1%
Other White 3.5%
Caribbean 1.5%
Other 1.5%
Other Asian 0.9%
Other Black 0.9%
Irish Traveller 0.6%
Pakistani 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.42
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 48%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.64
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award34
Art & DesignGCSE53
BiologyGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE108
English LiteratureGCSE104
FrenchGCSE1
GeographyGCSE49
HistoryGCSE36
MathematicsGCSE108
PolishGCSE2
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Meridian High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
105
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
75
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
18
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
75
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
5
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 classes20.4
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
91
40
51
Year 8
121
75
46
Year 9
100
48
52
Year 10
118
64
54
Year 11
109
57
52
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
75.0%
91.9%
86.5%
Further education
54.0%
29.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
15.0%
53.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
8.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
1.8%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
15.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022
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