Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 833 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.3
Academy sponsor led
Oasis Academy Arena
- Pupils on roll
- 310of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 53.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 80
- Ofsted
- Report card, 14 April 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Oasis Academy Arena has no sixth form. Of the 125 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 6% moved to a sixth form college, 60% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Computer Science is unusually popular at GCSE: 53% of the year group took it, against 13% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 37.6 against 46.1 across England and 44.5 in Croydon, with 29% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Oasis Academy Arena | Croydon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 125 | 3,906 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 81% | 91% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 14% | 48% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 6% | 8% | 13% |
| — further education college | 60% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Oasis Academy Arena | Croydon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 37.6 | 44.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 51% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 71% | 52% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.59 | 3.99 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 49% | 41% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.9 | 37.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.9 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 43% | 27% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 79 | 99% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 53% |
| Mathematics | 79 | 99% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 54% |
| English Literature | 79 | 99% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 66% |
| Combined Science | 78 | 98% | 65% | 8% | 9% | 41% |
| Business Studies | 58 | 73% | 18% | 10% | 20% | 52% |
| French | 57 | 71% | 18% | 9% | 29% | 53% |
| Geography | 55 | 69% | 41% | 4% | 25% | 38% |
| Computer Science | 42 | 53% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 26% |
| History | 28 | 35% | 41% | 4% | 26% | 29% |
| Fine Art | 11 | 14% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 45% |
| Portuguese | 4 | 5% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Spanish | 3 | 4% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 3% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Biology | 1 | 1% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music performance: Group | 16 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 15 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Croydon
Coloma Convent Girls' School
Academy converter · sixth form · 967 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.4
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
Harris Academy South Norwood
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,008 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.2
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,191 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.3
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.