DfE's provisional summer 2026 English Language and English Literature grade counts for Croydon's schools, and one-to-one online GCSE English tuition.
Book a Free ConsultationLeading Tuition's GCSE English tutors in Croydon are expert one-to-one online teachers who start from the child's own school and from the weaker of the two GCSEs, English Language and English Literature. DfE's provisional summer 2026 counts for the 26 Croydon schools with 30 or more Language entries put grade 4+ between 39% at Meridian High School and 97% at Croydon High School.
Croydon means the London borough, DfE's local authority 306. The 25 schools with 30 or more Literature entries run from 39% at Meridian High School (105 entries) to 100% at Fidelis College (92 entries). DfE counts the two GCSEs separately, so the tables below do too.
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Book a Free Consultation Message us on WhatsAppDfE's GCSE (9-1) full-course table for summer 2026 lists 36 Croydon schools with English Language entries. Twenty-six of them have 30 or more entries, and each is in the table below with its entries, its cohort (pupils at the end of Key Stage 4) and the number of entries at grade 4 and above and at grade 7 and above. DfE suppresses individual grade breakdowns where a school has 5 or fewer entries in a subject, which applies to 2 of the 36 schools in Language and 1 of the 31 in Literature.
| School (English Language) | Entries | Pupils at end of KS4 | Grade 4+ entries (share) | Grade 7+ entries (share) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School | 144 | 145 | 98 (68%) | 15 (10%) |
| Ark Blake Academy | 158 | 156 | 100 (63%) | 24 (15%) |
| BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology | 199 | 198 | 178 (89%) | 62 (31%) |
| Coloma Convent Girls' School | 149 | 151 | 135 (91%) | 52 (35%) |
| Coombe Wood School | 176 | 177 | 148 (84%) | 59 (34%) |
| Croydon High School | 95 | 95 | 92 (97%) | 57 (60%) |
| Fidelis College | 94 | 156 | 88 (94%) | 27 (29%) |
| Harris Academy Beulah Hill | 167 | 169 | 118 (71%) | 31 (19%) |
| Harris Academy Purley | 177 | 177 | 135 (76%) | 36 (20%) |
| Harris Academy South Norwood | 173 | 173 | 108 (62%) | 23 (13%) |
| Harris City Academy Crystal Palace | 177 | 178 | 141 (80%) | 46 (26%) |
| Harris Invictus Academy Croydon | 154 | 155 | 107 (69%) | 25 (16%) |
| Meridian High School | 110 | 113 | 43 (39%) | 3 (3%) |
| Norbury High School for Girls | 227 | 228 | 173 (76%) | 43 (19%) |
| Oasis Academy Arena | 72 | 75 | 42 (58%) | 5 (7%) |
| Oasis Academy Coulsdon | 184 | 185 | 142 (77%) | 52 (28%) |
| Oasis Academy Shirley Park | 158 | 158 | 101 (64%) | 19 (12%) |
| Orchard Park High School | 119 | 120 | 85 (71%) | 28 (24%) |
| Riddlesdown Collegiate | 324 | 325 | 271 (84%) | 76 (23%) |
| Shirley High School Performing Arts College | 140 | 142 | 77 (55%) | 11 (8%) |
| St Joseph's College | 151 | 151 | 97 (64%) | 16 (11%) |
| St Mary's Catholic High School | 109 | 109 | 69 (63%) | 21 (19%) |
| The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy | 156 | 159 | 104 (67%) | 24 (15%) |
| The Quest Academy | 161 | 161 | 106 (66%) | 22 (14%) |
| Thomas More Catholic School | 113 | 113 | 84 (74%) | 14 (12%) |
| Woodcote High School | 219 | 224 | 160 (73%) | 39 (18%) |
Grade 4+ shares in Language run from 43 of 110 entries at Meridian High School (39%) to 92 of 95 at Croydon High School (97%), with Coloma Convent Girls' School at 135 of 149 (91%) and BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology at 178 of 199 (89%). Grade 7+ runs from 3 of 110 at Meridian High School (3%) to 57 of 95 at Croydon High School (60%). Added across these 26 schools' rows, DfE records 4,106 Language entries and 3,002 at grade 4+ (73%). That sum covers the listed schools only and is not a Croydon-wide figure.
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Book a Free Consultation Message us on WhatsAppEnglish Literature is a separate GCSE with its own entries. DfE's table lists 31 Croydon schools with Literature entries, and 25 have 30 or more. Croydon High School's Literature row is not in the table, so it appears in the Language table only.
| School (English Literature) | Entries | Pupils at end of KS4 | Grade 4+ entries (share) | Grade 7+ entries (share) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School | 143 | 145 | 96 (67%) | 19 (13%) |
| Ark Blake Academy | 148 | 156 | 112 (76%) | 23 (16%) |
| BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology | 199 | 198 | 184 (92%) | 53 (27%) |
| Coloma Convent Girls' School | 146 | 151 | 136 (93%) | 58 (40%) |
| Coombe Wood School | 173 | 177 | 145 (84%) | 61 (35%) |
| Fidelis College | 92 | 156 | 92 (100%) | 28 (30%) |
| Harris Academy Beulah Hill | 167 | 169 | 133 (80%) | 24 (14%) |
| Harris Academy Purley | 173 | 177 | 145 (84%) | 42 (24%) |
| Harris Academy South Norwood | 168 | 173 | 125 (74%) | 24 (14%) |
| Harris City Academy Crystal Palace | 173 | 178 | 146 (84%) | 48 (28%) |
| Harris Invictus Academy Croydon | 150 | 155 | 115 (77%) | 26 (17%) |
| Meridian High School | 105 | 113 | 41 (39%) | 3 (3%) |
| Norbury High School for Girls | 227 | 228 | 192 (85%) | 53 (23%) |
| Oasis Academy Arena | 73 | 75 | 44 (60%) | 11 (15%) |
| Oasis Academy Coulsdon | 184 | 185 | 142 (77%) | 56 (30%) |
| Oasis Academy Shirley Park | 146 | 158 | 102 (70%) | 23 (16%) |
| Orchard Park High School | 116 | 120 | 94 (81%) | 40 (34%) |
| Riddlesdown Collegiate | 317 | 325 | 276 (87%) | 62 (20%) |
| Shirley High School Performing Arts College | 139 | 142 | 94 (68%) | 10 (7%) |
| St Joseph's College | 151 | 151 | 102 (68%) | 7 (5%) |
| St Mary's Catholic High School | 109 | 109 | 73 (67%) | 14 (13%) |
| The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy | 155 | 159 | 116 (75%) | 29 (19%) |
| The Quest Academy | 160 | 161 | 101 (63%) | 20 (12%) |
| Thomas More Catholic School | 113 | 113 | 89 (79%) | 12 (11%) |
| Woodcote High School | 218 | 224 | 174 (80%) | 48 (22%) |
Grade 4+ shares in Literature run from 41 of 105 entries at Meridian High School (39%) to 92 of 92 at Fidelis College (100%). Norbury High School for Girls records 192 of 227 (85%) and Riddlesdown Collegiate, the largest cohort in the table with 325 pupils, 276 of 317 (87%). Grade 7+ runs from 7 of 151 at St Joseph's College (5%) to 58 of 146 at Coloma Convent Girls' School (40%). Added across these 25 schools' rows, DfE records 3,945 Literature entries and 3,069 at grade 4+ (78%); again that is the listed schools only, not a Croydon-wide figure.
Twenty-five schools have 30 or more entries in both subjects. At 20 of them the Literature grade 4+ share is higher than the Language share, at 4 it is lower (Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School, Coombe Wood School, Meridian High School and The Quest Academy) and at Oasis Academy Coulsdon the two are equal at 142 of 184 entries. The table gives each school's two shares to one decimal place and the difference in percentage points.
| School | Language grade 4+ (entries) | Literature grade 4+ (entries) | Difference, percentage points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School | 98 of 144 (68.1%) | 96 of 143 (67.1%) | −0.9 |
| Ark Blake Academy | 100 of 158 (63.3%) | 112 of 148 (75.7%) | +12.4 |
| BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology | 178 of 199 (89.4%) | 184 of 199 (92.5%) | 3.0 higher in Literature |
| Coloma Convent Girls' School | 135 of 149 (90.6%) | 136 of 146 (93.2%) | 2.5 higher in Literature |
| Coombe Wood School | 148 of 176 (84.1%) | 145 of 173 (83.8%) | −0.3 |
| Fidelis College | 88 of 94 (93.6%) | 92 of 92 (100.0%) | 6.4 higher in Literature |
| Harris Academy Beulah Hill | 118 of 167 (70.7%) | 133 of 167 (79.6%) | 9.0 higher in Literature |
| Harris Academy Purley | 135 of 177 (76.3%) | 145 of 173 (83.8%) | 7.5 higher in Literature |
| Harris Academy South Norwood | 108 of 173 (62.4%) | 125 of 168 (74.4%) | +12.0 |
| Harris City Academy Crystal Palace | 141 of 177 (79.7%) | 146 of 173 (84.4%) | 4.7 higher in Literature |
| Harris Invictus Academy Croydon | 107 of 154 (69.5%) | 115 of 150 (76.7%) | 7.2 higher in Literature |
| Meridian High School | 43 of 110 (39.1%) | 41 of 105 (39.0%) | 0.0 |
| Norbury High School for Girls | 173 of 227 (76.2%) | 192 of 227 (84.6%) | 8.4 higher in Literature |
| Oasis Academy Arena | 42 of 72 (58.3%) | 44 of 73 (60.3%) | 1.9 higher in Literature |
| Oasis Academy Coulsdon | 142 of 184 (77.2%) | 142 of 184 (77.2%) | 0.0 |
| Oasis Academy Shirley Park | 101 of 158 (63.9%) | 102 of 146 (69.9%) | 5.9 higher in Literature |
| Orchard Park High School | 85 of 119 (71.4%) | 94 of 116 (81.0%) | 9.6 higher in Literature |
| Riddlesdown Collegiate | 271 of 324 (83.6%) | 276 of 317 (87.1%) | 3.4 higher in Literature |
| Shirley High School Performing Arts College | 77 of 140 (55.0%) | 94 of 139 (67.6%) | +12.6 |
| St Joseph's College | 97 of 151 (64.2%) | 102 of 151 (67.5%) | 3.3 higher in Literature |
| St Mary's Catholic High School | 69 of 109 (63.3%) | 73 of 109 (67.0%) | 3.7 higher in Literature |
| The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy | 104 of 156 (66.7%) | 116 of 155 (74.8%) | 8.2 higher in Literature |
| The Quest Academy | 106 of 161 (65.8%) | 101 of 160 (63.1%) | −2.7 |
| Thomas More Catholic School | 84 of 113 (74.3%) | 89 of 113 (78.8%) | 4.4 higher in Literature |
| Woodcote High School | 160 of 219 (73.1%) | 174 of 218 (79.8%) | 6.8 higher in Literature |
The widest gaps are at Shirley High School Performing Arts College (12.6 points, Literature higher), Ark Blake Academy (12.4) and Harris Academy South Norwood (12.0). The widest gap the other way is at The Quest Academy, where Language is 2.7 points higher. For a pupil at one of these schools, a tutor can start with whichever of the two papers the school's own counts place lower, then check that against the pupil's latest mock.
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Entries are not pupils. DfE publishes the number of entries at each grade and, separately, the number of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4, and the two differ. Fidelis College has 94 Language entries and 92 Literature entries against a cohort of 156 pupils; Meridian High School has 110 and 105 against 113; Riddlesdown Collegiate has 324 and 317 against 325. A school's entries and its cohort are read side by side, and a share is a share of the entries DfE counts.
Croydon High School has the highest grade 4+ share in the Language table and Fidelis College the highest in the Literature table. GIAS, the DfE register of schools, lists both as an other independent school, and Croydon High School is a girls' school on that register.
DfE labels the release provisional. The dataset (version 2.0) was published on 15 October 2026 and was read for this page on 31 October 2026. Approved result amendments that schools requested have not been applied. No Progress 8 exists for pupils who took GCSEs in summer 2026, and every count here is a count of exam entries in one subject, not an all-subject measure such as Attainment 8.
The figures come from DfE's key stage 4 performance statistics for 2025/26, subject school level exam data, GCSE (9-1) full course.
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No. DfE published the figures on 15 October 2026 and labels the release provisional: approved result amendments that schools requested have not been applied. This page reads dataset version 2.0, retrieved on 31 October 2026, which lists 36 Croydon schools with English Language entries and 31 with English Literature entries.
Among the 26 schools with 30 or more entries, grade 4+ runs from 43 of 110 entries at Meridian High School (39%) to 92 of 95 at Croydon High School (97%). Grade 7+ runs from 3 of 110 at Meridian High School to 57 of 95 at Croydon High School. These are shares of exam entries, with the cohort beside them in the table.
At 20 of the 25 schools with 30 or more entries in both subjects, the grade 4+ share is higher in Literature than in Language, by up to 12.6 percentage points at Shirley High School Performing Arts College. At 4 schools Language is higher, and at Oasis Academy Coulsdon both are 142 of 184. A tutor checks the pupil's own mocks before choosing a starting paper.
DfE publishes entries and pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 as separate indicators. For Fidelis College the Language count is 94 entries and the Literature count 92, against a cohort of 156 pupils. Entries are not pupils, so the grade 4+ counts of 88 and 92 are read as shares of entries, not of the cohort.
DfE's GCSE (9-1) full-course table has a Language row for Croydon High School, with 95 entries and a cohort of 95, and its Literature row is not in that table. The Literature table therefore covers 25 schools against 26 in Language. GIAS lists Croydon High School as an other independent school.
In English Language grade 7+ runs from 3 of 110 entries at Meridian High School to 57 of 95 at Croydon High School. In English Literature it runs from 7 of 151 at St Joseph's College to 58 of 146 at Coloma Convent Girls' School. Coombe Wood School records 59 of 176 in Language and 61 of 173 in Literature.
Each programme begins with a short diagnostic against the pupil's own school and exam board for both English Language and English Literature. Sessions run one-to-one online on a shared whiteboard, past papers are marked against the real mark scheme, progress is reviewed against the pupil's target grade, and session notes go to parents after each lesson. 91% of our students achieve their desired grades.
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