UK Schools
St Mary's Catholic High School
St Mary's Catholic High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, teaching 565 pupils aged 11 to 19. Ofsted graded achievement as Needs attention at its most recent inspection in January 2026. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 36.5 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 5 September 2025 to 24 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Mary's Catholic High School.
Scale: Exceptional Strong standard Expected standard Needs attention Urgent improvement
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Mary's Catholic High School.
- 5–30 Creation Term
- 5 Inset Day
- 8 Inset Day
- 1–24 Creation Term
- 24 Inset Day
- 3–30 Advent Term
- 1–19 Advent Term
- 20–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5–31 Epiphany Term
- 1–13 Epiphany Term
- 23–28 Lent Term
- 1–27 Lent Term
- 18 Inset Day
- 28–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–12 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13–30 Easter Term
- 1–22 Easter Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Pentecost Term
- 25 Inset Day
- 1–24 Pentecost Term
- 25–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1–4 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Creation Term Sep 5 - Oct 24, 2025 Term
- Advent Term Nov 3 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Epiphany Term Jan 5 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Lent Term Feb 23 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Term Apr 13 - May 22, 2026 Holiday
- Pentecost Term Jun 1 - Jul 24, 2026 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 28 - Apr 12, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 25 - Sep 4, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day Sep 5, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Sep 8, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Oct 24, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Mar 18, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day Jun 25, 2026 Inset Day
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Mary's Catholic High School with London Borough of Croydon and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 36.5 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school London Borough of Croydon England
Attendance 17.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school London Borough of Croydon England
What pupils do after GCSEs 90% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school London Borough of Croydon England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for St Mary's Catholic High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Mary's Catholic High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.