Living in Purley with children
Purley, Croydon and Sutton. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
8 schools: 3 state primary, 3 state secondary, 2 privatePurley on the schools map →Every school in Purley, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont Primary School | Standards maintained | 1st (1/78) in Croydon | 0.359 miles (2025) |
| Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School | Good | (42/78) in Croydon | — |
| Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) | School remains Good | (61/78) in Croydon | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riddlesdown Collegiate | Outstanding | Top 9% (2/23) in Croydon | — |
| The John Fisher School | School remains Good | (12/15) in Sutton | — |
| Thomas More Catholic School | Standards maintained | (14/23) in Croydon | — |
Private schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laleham Lea School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met | — | — |
| St David's School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards 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)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Purley yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Purley →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 80% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 757 postcodes in CR8. 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: 7 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £8.63 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 8 in Croydon.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page; 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, Croydon
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Croydon · Sutton.
Every date, and reminders →Nearby towns
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