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Special · CR0 · Croydon

The Link School

138 Croydon Road, Beddington, Croydon, CR0 4PG

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ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)86.7%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 1.9
Roll vs capacityNot compared for this type of school
Pupils167

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No overall grade

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Jun 2025): no overall grade. Quality of education and leadership and management good; behaviour and attitudes and personal development outstanding. See the full Ofsted report.

Report published 22 Jul 2025.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Outstanding
  • Previous gradedOutstanding

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in CR0. Where we have them, council (Sutton) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Link Secondary School merged into this school in September 2022. These figures are for this school only, not for Link Secondary School.

Pupils on roll
167
Free school meals
43.2%
6.5% above district average (36.7%)

Also: Sutton special schools 49.1% · England special schools 49.2%

SEN
100%

Also: Sutton special schools 100% · England special schools 99.9%

EAL
14%
26.3% below district average (40.3%)
Attendance
86.7% Autumn and spring 2024/25
6.9% below district average (93.6%)

Also: Sutton special schools 86.3% · England special schools 87.2%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the CR0 average; the darker bar is this school. SEN is not compared with the district average for special, pupil referral or alternative provision schools, because almost all pupils have identified needs.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is from 2023/24, the latest year published for this school. There is no Progress 8 for 2024/25 or 2025/26, because those pupils did not sit Key Stage 2 tests during the pandemic. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

33.3%

1.9% below England (35.2%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

0%

62% below England (62%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

0%

8% below England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

0%

75% below England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

0%

72% below England (72%)

KS2 maths2024/25

0%

74% below England (74%)

Progress 82023/24

-1.64

1.64 below England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

1.9

44.2 below England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

0%

45.4% below England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

0%

64.8% below England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

0%

40.5% below England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

0.1

4 below England (4.09)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 96.1%
    2020/21
  • 88.9%
    2021/22
  • 88.8%
    2022/23
  • 88%
    2023/24
  • 86.7%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 0%
    2022/23
  • 0%
    2023/24
  • 0%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers

Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Not compared for this type of school
Published capacity (GIAS)
148
Pupils on roll
167

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Sutton page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · SLCN, ASD

This school is set up for pupils with special educational needs or who need alternative provision. The SEN percentage is usually near 100% by design. Ask the SENCO what support looks like day to day.

Schools near The Link School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in CR0 · Schools in Sutton

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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