Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 833 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.3
Academy sponsor led
The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 758of 1,039 places
- Free school meals
- 50.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 162
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 4 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Archbishop Lanfranc School (URN 101826, until 19 August 2014).
What the data says
The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy has no sixth form. Of the 122 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 99% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.1 against 46.1 across England and 44.5 in Croydon, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 | This school | Croydon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 122 | 3,906 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 91% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 41% | 48% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 8% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Croydon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.1 | 44.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 32% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 62% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 20% | 52% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.28 | 3.99 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 53% | 41% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.5 | 37.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 42.0 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 40% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religious Studies | 161 | 99% | 31% | 11% | 32% | 55% |
| English Language | 161 | 99% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 53% |
| Mathematics | 161 | 99% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 61% |
| English Literature | 160 | 99% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 158 | 98% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 44% |
| History | 80 | 49% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 60% |
| Geography | 70 | 43% | 41% | 4% | 25% | 34% |
| Citizenship Studies | 55 | 34% | 3% | 7% | 19% | 58% |
| Computer Science | 28 | 17% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 43% |
| Design and Technology | 27 | 17% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 48% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 25 | 15% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 32% |
| Fine Art | 25 | 15% | 9% | 12% | 28% | 56% |
| Drama | 21 | 13% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| Spanish | 21 | 13% | 19% | 19% | 27% | 52% |
| French | 18 | 11% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 56% |
| Music | 7 | 4% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| Portuguese | 5 | 3% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Chemistry | 3 | 2% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
| Physics | 3 | 2% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
| Biology | 3 | 2% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 59 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 27 | — | — |
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.