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The Link School

138 Croydon Road, Beddington, Croydon, CR0 4PG

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

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance91.7%
AttainmentProgress 8: -1.64
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils66

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

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

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedOutstanding
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Outstanding

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

View on Ofsted

School figures

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

Pupils on roll
66
Free school meals
51%
15.9% above district average (35.1%)

Also: Croydon 52.2% · England 49.2%

SEN
100%
73.2% above district average (26.8%)

Also: Croydon 100% · England 99.9%

EAL
14%
26.1% below district average (40.1%)
Attendance
91.7%
3.5% below district average (95.2%)

Also: Croydon 89% · England 87.2%

Persistent absence
28.8%
Attainment
Progress 8: -1.64

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.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2196.1%
  • 2021/2288.9%
  • 2022/2388.8%
  • 2023/2488%
  • 2024/2586.7%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/230%
  • 2023/240%
  • 2024/250%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
56
Pupils on roll
66

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Croydon page.

SEN support

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

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 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.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates