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Bensham Manor School

Special schoolAges 11–19CommunitySixth form

Croydon, CR7 7BN · Croydon local authority

Croydon’s School Grade B+ better than 70% of towns in England

How full
246 pupils
100% of its 245 places
Free school meals
58%
58 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Bensham Manor School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 58% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, June 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (CR7 7) sold for a median £400,000; Croydon’s is £420,500

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 43 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Bensham Manor beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 5.4

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Croydon avg 46.4

20304050607080England avg 47.3Bensham Manor 5.4

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Croydon avg 46%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Bensham Manor 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
2.9
2024/25
3.5
2025/26
5.4

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-1.54: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 29 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
6England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
4.2England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Croydon 64% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

242 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
23.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
59.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 30%Boys 70%
Its letter

No letter for Bensham Manor School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Outstanding, June 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), March 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Bensham Manor School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in CR7 7, the school’s postcode sector

Croydon property prices →
£400,000
median sale, 320 sales in 36 months · Croydon £420,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K2010201520202025CR7 7Croydon
CR7 7Croydon

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Semi-detached
£425K
Terraced
£425K
Flat
£250K
CR7 7Croydon

Homes in CR7 7 sell for a little under Croydon’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

47 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−B−A+C−A−B−DBBA−C+A−B−A−ABA−B−BCC+A−DAB−B−A−DB+BA−CC−A−B−B−CC+C+B−B+B−Bensham Manor School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Croydon, CR7 7BN

Bensham Manor School: common questions

What is Bensham Manor School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (June 2024).

How much do houses cost near Bensham Manor School?

Homes in its postcode sector, CR7 7, sold for a median £400,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (320 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Croydon’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.