The London Borough of Croydon is one of the boroughs in London with the most schools. They include primary schools (95), secondary schools (21) and four further education establishments.[1] Croydon College has its main building in Croydon, it is a low rise building.[2] John Ruskin College[3] is one of the other colleges in the borough, located in Addington and Coulsdon College[4] in Coulsdon. South Norwood has been the home of Spurgeon's College, a world-famous Baptist theological college, since 1923; Spurgeon's is located on South Norwood Hill and currently has some 1000 students. Winterbourne Junior Boys' and Winterbourne Junior Girls Schools are the only single-sex state primary schools in the United Kingdom. The London Borough of Croydon is the local education authority for the borough. Croydon operates a comprehensive system of education but there are a number of formerly selective schools in the borough; including The John Fisher School and Coloma Convent Girls' School
This list covers primary school (including infant and junior schools), secondary schools and further education colleges in the borough. Schools are in the state sector unless otherwise indicated:
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There are over 90 primary schools in the borough and 6 specialist primary schools for children with special needs.
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| School | Location | School website |
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| Beckmead | Monks Orchard | |
| Bensham Manor | Thornton Heath | www.bensham-manor.croydon.sch.uk |
| Priory | South Norwood | |
| Red Gates | Purley Way | |
| St Giles School | South Croydon | st-gilesschool.co.uk |
| St Nicholas | Purley | www.st-nicholas-school.com |
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| School | Location | School website |
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| Croham Hurst | South Croydon | www.crohamhurst.com |
| Croydon High | Selsdon | www.croydonhigh.gdst.net |
| Old Palace (girls) | Croydon | www.oldpalace.croydon.sch.uk |
| BRIT School | Selhurst | www.brit.croydon.sch.uk |
| Royal Russell School (Girls and Boys 3-18) | Croydon | www.royalrussell.co.uk |
| Trinity School of John Whitgift (boys) | Shirley | www.trinity-school.org |
| Whitgift (boys) | South Croydon | www.whitgift.co.uk |
| Wickham Court school | West Wickham | www.wickhamcourt.org.uk |
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^1 Created in 2007 after the restructure of the previous Croydon College to allow for more students, although it is still administered as Croydon College with the other two separate further education institutions. Provides university level education and therefore is not a further education institution but one for higher education.[10] |
^2 Created in 2007 after the restructure of the previous Croydon College to allow for more students, although it is still administered as Croydon College with the other two separate further education institutions.[11] |
^3 Created in 2007 after the restructure of the previous Croydon College to allow for more students, although it is still administered as Croydon College with the other two separate further education institutions.[12] |
Below is a table which shows the results of the GCSE Examination Performance in Croydon schools for the academic year 2009-2010.[13]
| School | A*-C Pass Rate |
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| Coloma Convent Girls' School | 88% |
| Harris City Technology College | 88% |
| Archbishop Tenison's School | 77% |
| BRIT School | 66% |
| Riddlesdown Collegiate | 66% |
| Woodcote High School | 65% |
| St. Joseph's College | 64% |
| Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls | 61% |
| Shirley High School | 60% |
| Harris Academy South Norwood | 60% |
| St. Andrews C of E High School | 56% |
| Virgo Fidelis Convent Senior School | 54% |
| Thomas More Catholic School | 51% |
| Harris Academy Purley | 47% |
| Oasis Academy Shirley Park | 46% |
| The Archbishop Lanfranc School | 45% |
| St. Mary's R C High School | 45% |
| Edenham High School | 44% |
| Westwood Language College for Girls | 41% |
| Addington High School | 38% |
| Oasis Academy Coulsdon | 37% |
| Average for London Borough of Croydon | 54.4% |
| Average for England | 53.5% |
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