Thornton Heath Nursery School

State-Funded School

thornton-heath-nursery-school-croydon-london

LondonRegion

CroydonLocal Authority

Streatham and Croydon NorthConstituency

CR7 8RSPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Thornton Heath Nursery School is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–4, located in Croydon, London.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 96 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Ethnicity

White

23%

Asian

20%

Black

29%

Mixed

28%

Pupils

Total Pupils

58%Boys

42%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

51%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 4
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 96
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
27 Nov 2023	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
3 Jul 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.