The Quest Academy
About the school
The Quest Academy is an open secondary school in Croydon.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 12 March 2024
- Published
- 8 May 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 37.5
- Croydon
- 44.5
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Croydon
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 23.00%
- Croydon
- 42.40%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 40.00%
- Croydon
- 61.70%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 57.80%
- Croydon
- 51.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.25
- Croydon
- 3.99
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C-
Average A-level points
- School
- 28.06
AAB or better
- School
- 3.80%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
903
Girls
47.51%
Boys
52.49%
SEN support
15.28%
Education, health and care plan
1.77%
English as an additional language
26.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
48.94%
Overall absence
9.45
Persistent absence
28.55
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
144
Sustained education or employment
89%
Education
87%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
7%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
52
Sustained education or employment
73%
Higher education
46%
Further education
2%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
21%