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Nurseries in Purley

There are 9 nurseries and pre-schools on the Ofsted register in Purley, and 11 other childcare settings such as out-of-school clubs.

Inspection grades in Purley

  • Ofsted report cards: 1 setting (6 Expected standard)
  • Ofsted grades before November 2025: 6 settings (6 Good)

Grades are shown only where the inspectorate has published the report.

Nurseries and pre-schools

  • Bright Horizons Purley Day Nursery and Preschool - Day nursery, Purley CR8 2AR, ages 0 to 4, 117 places
    Ofsted, 27 November 2024: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Brightsparks Day Nursery - Day nursery, Purley CR8 3HL, ages 1 to 4, 70 places
    Ofsted, 23 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • CURIOUSMINDS MONTESSORI LTD - Day nursery, Purley CR8 2DL, ages 2 to 4, 20 places
    Ofsted, 21 February 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Fennies Christchurch Road - Day nursery, Purley CR8 2NL, 113 places
    Ofsted, 25 July 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Monkey Puzzle Purley - Day nursery, Purley CR8 4HD, ages 1 to 4, 79 places
    Ofsted, 14 April 2025: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Purley Children's Nursery - Day nursery, Purley CR8 3AJ, ages 0 to 4, 67 places
    Ofsted report card, 3 February 2026: Expected standard in 6 areas; safeguarding standards met
  • Purley Day Nursery & Montessori Centre - Day nursery, Purley CR8 4AA, 90 places
  • Russell Hill Road Day Nursery - Day nursery, Purley CR8 2LD, ages 0 to 4, 56 places
    Ofsted, 5 May 2023: Good overall; safeguarding is effective
  • Superstar Campz Thomas More - Pre-school, Purley CR8 2XP

Out-of-school clubs and other childcare

  • 4Every Child Ltd - Out-of-school club, Purley CR8 4DS
  • art-K Purley - Out-of-school club, Purley CR8 2AF
  • BB Soccer Purley Holiday Club - Out-of-school club, Purley CR8 1EX
  • Explore Learning Purley - Out-of-school club, Purley CR8 2LN
  • First Class Learning Purley - Out-of-school club, Purley CR8 2BN
  • Kumon Purley Study Centre - Out-of-school club, Purley CR8 2BN
  • Munchkin Sports John Fisher School Holiday Camp - Out-of-school club, Purley CR8 3YP, 160 places
  • Play Place After School Purley - Out-of-school club, Purley CR8 2LN
  • Stagecoach Croydon - Riddlesdown Collegiate - Out-of-school club, Purley CR8 1EX
  • Stagecoach Performing Arts Coulsdon - Out-of-school club, Purley CR8 4AZ
  • Super Camps at Cumnor House School - Out-of-school club, Purley CR8 3HB, 62 places

Nursery groups with settings here

Ofsted report cards (England, from November 2025)

Since 10 November 2025 Ofsted has graded nurseries and pre-schools on a report card. There is no single overall grade. Instead, each of six areas gets one of five grades: Exceptional, Strong standard, Expected standard, Needs attention, Urgent improvement.

The six areas are inclusion; curriculum and teaching; achievement; behaviour, attitudes and establishing routines; children's welfare and wellbeing; leadership and governance. Safeguarding is judged on its own, as met or not met.

Expected standard means the setting does what Ofsted expects of every setting. Strong standard and Exceptional are above that; Needs attention and Urgent improvement mean Ofsted found things the setting has to put right.

Source: Ofsted reports

Ofsted grades before November 2025 (England)

Inspections before November 2025 gave one overall grade on a four-point scale: Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate. Ofsted also graded the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management, and said whether safeguarding was effective.

Settings keep their last grade until Ofsted visits again, so many nurseries still show a grade from this older scale.

Source: Ofsted reports

Funded childcare hours in England

All 3 and 4 year olds in England can get 15 hours of free childcare a week, for 38 weeks of the year.

Working parents of children aged 9 months to 4 years old can get 30 hours of free childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year (Free Childcare for Working Parents), if they meet the earnings rules. You confirm your details every 3 months.

Some 2 year olds can get 15 hours a week when the family gets certain kinds of extra support.

The hours are used at a registered provider that offers them, so ask each nursery how it offers the funded hours.

Source: GOV.UK: Free Childcare for Working Parents, check if you're eligible · GOV.UK: Free childcare and education for 2 to 4 year olds (checked 31 October 2026)

Council area

Schools in Purley

Sources: Ofsted, registers as at 30 June 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.