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Private primary · 3 to 11 · Mixed · Catholic · 111 pupils

Laleham Lea School

29 Peaks Hill, Purley, CR8 3JJ · Croydon
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Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met · March 2025
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Inspection
Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met, March 2025
Size
111 pupils
Faith
Catholic
Run by
Its proprietor
Type
Independent school
Ages
3 to 11 · Mixed
Fees
Day £12,679 to £13,043 a year
Strengths, and things to check
  • A faith school: read its admission policy for any priority by faith.
How a place here is decidedA private school sets its own entry, usually by assessment and interview; offer-day figures are not published.See how entry works ↓ Schools for usRank every school near you by the measures that matter to your family, each reason shown.Rank schools →
COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027
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SourceCouncil offer-day figures; none held for this school yet.

How it is worked outThe bars show how far the last place offered reached each year. A full bar means everyone who applied was offered a place; a dash means we hold no distance for that year. Your postcode is set against each year's last distance.

Things to know
  • A record of past years, not a promise: the distance changes every year with who applies.

A private school sets its own entry, usually by assessment and interview; offer-day figures are not published.

Offers

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Results

Quality

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SourceISI · inspected 11 March 2025

  • Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met
  • We hold no published results for this school: it may be new, or have no pupils in the tested years.

Daily life and who goes there

Daily life

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 166 m
  • 8 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 2 serious)
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 11.6 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.8 (1 km square, background level)
  • Absence and suspension figures are not published for this school (DfE covers state schools only).

Stops nearby

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SourceDfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current.

Things to know
  • A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.
KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus166

Road collisions within 500 m

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SourceDfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025.

Things to know
  • 2 serious and 0 fatal in all; 3 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.
YearCollisions
20250
20242
20232
20222
20212

Air quality

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SourceDEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Things to know
  • A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.
PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO211.62024
PM1012.12024
PM257.82024

Who goes there

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SourceDfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
SEN support2.7%2025/26
Education, health and care plan0.9%2025/26
Girls51%2025/26

Admissions

Getting in

  • A private school sets its own entry, usually by assessment and interview. Offer-day figures are not published for private schools.

Who runs it

  • A private school is not part of a state trust; its owner is named on its own website.

Fees and clubs

Day fees £12,679 to £13,043 a year.
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SourceThe school's own fees page, 2026/27.

Private school feesTypical fees by area and age, from schools' own published lists.See fees →

Nearby

Schools nearby

Cumnor House School0.5 miSt David's School0.6 miCumnor House School1.1 miElmhurst School Ltd2.2 miCompare side by side →

Nurseries nearby

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SourceOfsted early years register.

Purley Children's Nursery0.6 miles
Sunflowers Pre-school at Amy Johnson Children's Centre0.6 miles
Russell Hill Road Day Nursery0.6 miles
Fennies Christchurch Road0.9 miles
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Sources

  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026 (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

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