Croydon Metropolitan College[1]

Independent · ages 14–35

Headline results

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

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 16.5 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 12.5% 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
2024/25	13.8[5]	10.5%[5]
2023/24	8.6[6]	0%[6]
2022/23	13.8[7]	13%[7]
2021/22	9.2[8]	16%[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 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
2022/23	D-[10]
2021/22	C+[11]
2018/19	C-[12]	12.5%[12]
2017/18	C[13]	9.1%[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 71.4% 2022/23[14]
UK higher education: 28.6% 2022/23[14]
Education: 57.1% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 14.3% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[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: Ofsted[15]
Latest inspection: 6 Feb 2024[16]
Type: Independent School standard inspection[16]
Report published: 27 Mar 2024[16]
Personal development: Good[16]
Quality of education: Good[16]
Overall effectiveness: Good[16]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[16]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[16]
Independent school standards: All standards Met[16]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[16]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[16]

Ofsted inspects this independent school against the Independent School Standards; "Independent school standards" says whether it met all of them at its latest standard inspection.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

No fees published on the school's website that we could verify.

Type: Other independent school[1]
Ages: 14–35[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 120[1]
Local authority: Croydon[1]
Website: www.croydonmet.org.uk [1]
Nursery classes: No Nursery Classes[15]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan): Not approved[15]
District: Croydon [17]
Postcode: CR0 1DN[1]
URN: 137567[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 9 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 0% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 0% 2024/25[18]

Sources

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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
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.
Ofsted: Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2026-07-31, provisional. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.