Living in South Croydon with children
South Croydon, Croydon. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
14 schools: 9 state primary, 3 state secondary, 2 privateSouth Croydon on the schools map →Every school in South Croydon, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (9)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gresham Primary School | Good | Top 11% (8/78) in Croydon | 0.768 miles (2025) |
| Regina Coeli Catholic Primary School | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 13% (10/78) in Croydon | — |
| St Peter's Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 33% (25/78) in Croydon | 1.126 miles (2025) |
| Atwood Primary School | Good | Top 36% (28/78) in Croydon | 1.3 miles (2025) |
| Greenvale Primary School | School remains Good | Top 38% (29/78) in Croydon | 0.39 miles (2025) |
| Ridgeway Primary School | School remains Good | (45/78) in Croydon | 0.947 miles (2025) |
| Selsdon Primary and Nursery School | Good | (62/78) in Croydon | 2.468 miles (2025) |
| Purley Oaks Primary School | Good | (63/78) in Croydon | 4.52 miles (2025) |
| Quest Primary School | Good | (77/78) in Croydon | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coombe Wood School | Good | Top 14% (3/23) in Croydon | — |
| Harris Academy Purley | Good | Top 22% (5/23) in Croydon | — |
| The Quest Academy | Requires improvement | (20/23) in Croydon | — |
Private schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croydon High School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | (3/5) in Croydon | — |
| Cumnor House 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 South Croydon yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in South Croydon →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 87% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 98%, on average across the 964 postcodes in CR2. 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: 18 good, or expected standard; 3 requires improvement; 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: 24 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.
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