Beaumont Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Purley, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.42 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Beaumont Primary School is a primary school in Purley, Croydon for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Beaumont Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.42 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 0.42 miles, 5th shortest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance; the middle figure was 2.44 miles.
- That Reception 2026 distance was further from the school than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 64 first-choice applications for 30 offers; all 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 34 first-choice families (53%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 90% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Croydon primary schools.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Croydon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Old Lodge Lane, Purley, CR8 4DN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 222 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 5 February 2025
Strengths
- “Beaumont Primary School continues to realise its vision of ‘improving the life chances of every pupil through learning’.”
- “Pupils benefit from a curriculum which is highly organised and ambitious.”
- “The school is determined that all pupils should receive high-quality learning experiences, and they succeed in this.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 90% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 64 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Croydon.
- Harris Primary Academy Kenley 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Woodcote Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- New Valley Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Hayes Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Oasis Academy Byron 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Christ Church CofE Primary School (Purley) 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Smitham Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published