Croydon High School A GSG School
- Croydon High School
Old Farleigh Road
South Croydon
Surrey
CR2 8YB - Head: Mrs Pattison
- T 020 8260 7500
- F 020 8657 5413
- E [email protected]
- W www.croydonhigh.gdst.net
- An independent school for girls aged from 3 to 18.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Croydon
- Pupils: 646; sixth formers: 71
- Religion: Christian Inter-denominational
- Fees: £10,041 - £17,289 pa
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Uncompromising on the outside but inside one of the most efficient and welcoming schools we’ve ever come across – and that includes the parents, available just about instantly to extol the delights of this small scale haven for girls. Pace, never sluggish (it’s individual sciences from year 7, for example), ‘kicks up a notch in year 9,’ said a parent. Gentle insistence on organisational skills pays dividends, say parents. It all starts early, from participation in the whole school play...
What the school says...
Croydon High School offers a broad curriculum and academic strength is matched by a wide range of exciting extra-curricular opportunities. Girls are set high standards and are challenged to recognise their individual abilities and to aim to do their very best in all areas of school life. Croydon High is recognised at national level in a number of sports and renowned for high standards of performance in Music and Art. Croydon High operates one of the largest Duke of Edinburgh Award schemes in the country and sixth formers also participate bi-annually in World Challenge. Personal tours available on request to Mrs Sharon Smith, Admissions Registrar, on 020 8260 7543 ...Read more
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Other features
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2016, Emma Pattison BA (30s). Previously deputy head (academic) at St John’s School, Leatherhead, preceded by spells at Guildford High School (four years as head of MFL for juniors and seniors) and Caterham (languages teacher and head of year 8). Experience in co-ed schools hasn’t dimmed enthusiasm for single sex education. ‘When you can tailor the curriculum for the kinds of things you know girls will enjoy, it’s so exciting,’ she says.
Though teaching runs in the family (mother and grandmother) it was only after a short spell as a management trainee that Mrs Pattison saw the light and changed careers. Describes first headship as wonderful ‘in every way’, from school culture (‘sensational’) to buzzy and engaging pupils - ‘had the year 8s in yesterday for tea and cake...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
The school takes an active approach towards identifying and supporting pupils with specific learning needs. Diagnostic screening is given in the Junior School and in Year 7; concerns about individuals raised at a later stage are thoroughly investigated by specialist teachers. Appropriate supporting strategies, discussed with the pupil and her parents, are implemented in the classroom to ensure that each pupil achieves her full learning potential.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Herne Hill School | 2020 | 2 |
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