Purley Nursery School

State-Funded School

purley-nursery-school-croydon-london

LondonRegion

CroydonLocal Authority

Croydon SouthConstituency

CR8 2NEPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Purley Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Croydon, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 87 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

29%

Asian

26%

Black

23%

Mixed

18%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

46%Boys

54%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

45%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 87
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 14 November 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
16 Oct 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.