Beaumont Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedCommunity school · Primary
Purley · CR8 4DN · Croydon
Ages 4–11
- KS277%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM17.1%
- Demand2.70
0.1 miles away
OpenOfsted: Requires improvementURN 101854
St Nicholas School
Community special school · Purley · CR8 4DS
Ages 4–11 · 273 pupils · Croydon
Ofsted
Requires improvement
KS2 expected (RWM)
0%
Overall absence
11.6%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2024-05-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)0%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 93.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 88.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence11.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)40.9%
Unauthorised1.7%
- Authorised absence
- 10.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 237
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill103%
273 pupils · 265 places
- Pupils on roll
- 273
- Boys / girls
- 195 / 78
- School capacity
- 265
- Capacity fill
- 273 / 265 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 43.6%
- FSM pupils
- 119
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community special school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Community special school
- Headteacher
- Miss Katie Goodwin
Location
- Address
- Reedham Drive, 19 Norman Avenue
- Postcode
- CR8 4DS
- Town
- Purley
- County
- Surrey
- Local authority
- Croydon
- District
- Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon South
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 4–11, in Purley, Croydon, 273 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 43.6%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty….
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Other independent special school
Purley · CR8 2AN · Croydon
Ages 10–17
0.5 miles away
Harris Primary Academy Kenley
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Kenley · CR8 5NF · Croydon
Ages 3–11
- KS273%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM15.5%
- Demand0.77
0.8 miles away
Woodcote Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Coulsdon · CR5 2ED · Croydon
Ages 3–11
- KS269%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM16.0%
- Demand0.79
0.8 miles away
Woodcote High School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Coulsdon · CR5 2EH · Croydon
Ages 11–19
- Att848.6
- P8-0.1
- EM5+54%
- Absence10.1%
0.9 miles away
Purley Nursery School
Ofsted: School remains OutstandingLocal authority nursery school · Nursery
Purley · CR8 2NE · Croydon
Ages 2–5
- FSM0.0%
0.9 miles away
New Valley Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
CR8 4AZ · Croydon
Ages 4–11
- KS259%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM30.4%
- Demand0.68
1.0 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Katie Goodwin
- Telephone
- 02086604861