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Royal Russell School[1]

Independent · ages 3–19

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Headline results

A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
26.4 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 20.3[5] 0%[5]
2023/24 20.2[6] 0%[6]
2022/23 17.3[7] 0%[7]
2021/22 16.3[8] 0%[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16.9% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B[10] 19.7%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 32.4%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 33.8%[12]
2018/19 B[13] 33.8%[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
78.1% 2023/24[14]
UK higher education
70.8% 2023/24[14]
Education
70.8% 2023/24[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2023/24[14]
Employment
7.3% 2023/24[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2022/23 73%[14] 60.9%[14] 60.9%[14] 0.9%[14] 11.3%[14]
2021/22 84.4%[14] 73.4%[14] 76.6%[14] 0.8%[14] 7%[14]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

For independent schools the DfE publishes destinations after 16–18 study only: no destinations after GCSEs and no university progression figures (top third, Russell Group, Oxbridge).

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[15]

ISI inspection

Inspection
December 2025[16]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[16]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[16]
Quality of education
Standards met[16]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[16]
Social and economic education
Standards met[16]
Safeguarding
Standards met[16]

Leadership and governance

  • ISI recommended: The school should make sure that information about complaints is clearly shared with parents and outside groups.

Previous ISI inspections: 2025, 2022, 2018, 2016 (2025 report, 2022 report, 2018 report, 2016 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

Nursery, day
£3,585.30–£3,866.50 a term 2026/27 · Nursery (5 days, 5 mornings inc. lunch) · VAT not stated[17]
Senior, day
£9,648 a term 2026/27 · Day Pupil Year 7 to 13 · VAT not stated[18]
Senior, boarding
£19,072 a term 2026/27 · Boarding Pupil Year 7 to 13 · VAT not stated[18]

As published by the school on its own website for the year shown, quoted from our archived copy. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest fee the school lists for that stage. Check the school's current fees before deciding: extras (lunch, trips, exams) and bursaries are not included. Fees are never used to rank schools.

Type
Other independent school[1]
Ages
3–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
1350[1]
Local authority
Croydon[1]
Website
http://www.royalrussell.co.uk/[1]
Nursery classes
Has Nursery Classes[15]
Special classes
No Special Classes[15]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[15]
District
Croydon[19]
Postcode
CR9 5BX[1]
URN
101835[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1263 2024/25[20]
SEN support
22.3% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan
0.3% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[20]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: 16-18 destination measures: 16-19 study leavers institution level destinations. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Royal Russell School, December 2025. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  17. royalrussell.co.uk: royalrussell.co.uk — Website update Fees 26 27 (PDF). Period 2026-10-17. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    Spring term 51 £3,585.30 £1,519.80 (p. 1)
    Summer term 55 £3,866.50 £1,639.00 (p. 1)
  18. royalrussell.co.uk: royalrussell.co.uk — Fees. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    Day Pupil Year 7 to 13 £9,648.00 (p. 1)
    Boarding Pupil Year 7 to 13 £19,072.00 (p. 1)
  19. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.