Coloma Convent Girls' School
- Coloma Convent Girls' School
Upper Shirley Road
Croydon
Surrey
CR9 5AS - Head: Mrs. E. Englefield BA Hons PGCE
- T 020 8654 6228
- F 020 8656 6485
- E webadmin@coloma.croydon.sch.uk
- W www.coloma.croydon.sch.uk
- A state school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Croydon
- Pupils: 1,072
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Open days: October and November
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What the school says...
Coloma is a highly successful school with 'World Class Schools' Status, currently enjoying the celebrations for its 150th anniversary.
Academic results place the school at the top of national league tables. The results of the 2018 GCSE cohort placed the school as the top all girls Catholic comprehensive school in the country according to The Sunday Times league tables. The rich mix of academic opportunities in curriculum subjects which creates this success is balanced by the school's highly regarded caring ethos. The strength of the pastoral care means not only that every pupil matters, but that the pupils extend their concern to others who are in any kind of need. This is illustrated by "Charities Weeks" which raises a substantial amount of money for good causes through lunchtime concerts and a variety of other fundraising events.
Equally there is a rich and varied extracurricular tradition which includes choirs (of up to 500 girls), many instrumental groups, school productions, debating and a large number of successful sporting teams across a variety of sports as well as numerous other groups and activities.
The Sixth Form is consistently placed in the top 5% nationally for student progress by ALPS. Students have a track record of success in gaining places on top courses at top universities and continuing to successful careers in medicine, law, business, education and other professions. Equally importantly, girls leave Coloma with a sense of values based on Christian teachings, skills and community that equip all students, whether Catholic or not, for the wider aspects of a happy and fulfilling life. ...Read more
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Curricula
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
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Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
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Further reading
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Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
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sometimes, but not in this year
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