Living in Caterham with children
Caterham, Surrey. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 22,757 people in 9,336 households; 33.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
13 schools: 7 state primary, 1 state secondary, 5 privateCaterham on the schools map →Every school in Caterham, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (7)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audley Primary School | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 10% · 12th in Surrey | 0.552 miles (2026) |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | Top 25% · 76th in Surrey | — |
| Woodlea Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 25% · 77th in Surrey | 1.714 miles (2026) |
| Hillcroft Primary School & Nursery | Outstanding | Top half · 108th in Surrey | 0.633 miles (2026) |
| St John's CofE Aided Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 123rd in Surrey | — |
| Marden Lodge Primary School and Nursery | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 193rd in Surrey | — |
| St Peter and St Paul Church Primary School | Good | — | 1.506 miles (2026) |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| de Stafford School | Good | Lower half · 48th in Surrey | 5.572 miles (2026) |
Private schools (5)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caterham School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 25% · 5th in Surrey | — |
| Woldingham School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top half · 18th in Surrey | — |
| Caterham Prep | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Essendene Lodge School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Oakhyrst Grange School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (60 detached, 92 semi-detached, 43 terraced, 74 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Caterham. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Caterham →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 78% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 731 postcodes in CR3. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 6 good, or expected standard; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £8.63 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 10 in Surrey.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Surrey
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Surrey.
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