Whitgift School
Other independent school · Boys · Croydon
Whitgift School, CR2 6YT
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,515
Capacity used
Nearly full95%
1,600 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 10–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Toby Seth
- Address
- Whitgift School, Haling Park, CR2 6YT
- Phone
- 02086889222
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Ward / constituency
- Waddon · Croydon West
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 101837
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 44% | — | — |
1,515 pupils · 1,600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 12.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 1.19 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 47.76 | — | — |
Average grade: A- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 13.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.29 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 255 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 47.01 | 35 |
| Average grade | A- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 41.8% | 17% |
| A-level students | 159 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | 145 | 83% | 99% | 100% | |
| Chinese | 62 | 79% | 97% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 59 | 80% | 100% | 100% | |
| Japanese Language | 28 | 89% | 100% | 100% | |
| Latin | 26 | 65% | 92% | 100% | |
| Music | 23 | 87% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 23 | 74% | 100% | 100% | |
| Drama | 14 | 57% | 100% | 100% | |
| Russian | 6 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Italian | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Classical Greek | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Arabic | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 82 | 39% | 67% | 88% | |
| Economics | 59 | 14% | 47% | 90% | |
| Physics | 35 | 31% | 66% | 74% | |
| Chemistry | 35 | 34% | 77% | 83% | |
| History | 34 | 9% | 53% | 94% | |
| Business Studies | 29 | 10% | 38% | 79% | |
| Biology | 26 | 31% | 69% | 85% | |
| Geography | 26 | 12% | 54% | 92% | |
| Government and Politics | 26 | 19% | 54% | 92% | |
| English Literature | 22 | 23% | 45% | 95% | |
| Psychology | 21 | 14% | 52% | 95% | |
| Physical Education / Sports Studies | 21 | 14% | 62% | 90% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #96 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12850: Whitgift School, South Croydon
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 31 |
| Offers | 7 |
| Success rate | 23% |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.