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Nursery · CR8 · Purley

Purley Nursery School

58 Pampisford Road, Purley, CR8 2NE

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OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)Not published
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityCapacity not published
Pupils87

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No overall grade

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Monitoring visit confirmed the previous Outstanding overall grade. See the full report for latest area judgements.

Report published 18 Dec 2023.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Outstanding
  • Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in CR8. Where we have them, council (Croydon) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
87
Free school meals
0%
20.8% below district average (20.8%)

Also: Croydon 26.7% · England 24%

SEN
5.9%
17.1% below district average (23%)

Also: Croydon 20.5% · England 19.6%

EAL
37.6%
9.7% above district average (27.9%)
Attendance
Not published

Also: Croydon 93.5% · England 93.4%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the CR8 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attainment
–

Admissions

Applications and offers

Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Capacity not published
Published capacity (GIAS)
Not published
Pupils on roll
87

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Croydon page.

SEN support

SEN %
5.9%
On-site provision
Resourced provision

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Purley Nursery School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in CR8 · Schools in Croydon

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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