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Al-Khair School

Boys · ages 11–16 · no sixth form · selective (grammar)Croydon, London · Croydon CR0 6BESchool website
Pupils on roll
91of 105 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
36
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Al-Khair School’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

36% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE in 2025 (England 45%). Attainment 8 is not comparable for independent schools, which often enter pupils for IGCSEs that the Department for Education does not count.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Croydon and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureAl-Khair SchoolCroydonEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)35.844.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths36%42%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths50%62%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects14%52%41%
EBacc average point score3.013.994.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort41%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils37.134.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language27%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics2672%88%15%22%85%
English Language2364%89%22%20%74%
English Literature2158%86%29%21%90%
Citizenship Studies1953%3%32%19%95%
History1953%41%21%26%89%
Religious Studies1850%31%39%32%89%
Arabic1644%1%19%47%44%
Chemistry1439%23%43%47%93%
Physics1439%23%43%46%86%
Biology1439%23%29%45%86%
Combined Science1028%65%10%9%80%
Computer Science411%13%30%
Graphic Communication38%1%23%
Sociology13%4%21%
Urdu13%1%42%

Other secondary schools in Croydon

Coombe Wood School

Free schools · sixth form · 1,162 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6

Harris Academy Purley

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,013 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.8

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.