Beaumont Primary School, Purley
Beaumont Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Purley. It was rated Outstanding at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in December 2017. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in February 2025 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 9th-highest of the 78 schools in Croydon with published results, and 1,154th of 14,452 across England. For 2026 entry it had 2.1 first-choice applications for every place. It was full in 2025, at 101% of capacity.
- SATs results
- Above England average
- Ofsted
- Outstanding (2017)
- Demand
- 2.1 first choices per place
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Croydon (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Beaumont Primary School in detail
Results
In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils at Beaumont Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 80% and 80% in Croydon and 77% and 75% across England.
Results were similar in 2024 (93% in reading, 90% in maths).
With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.
Getting a place at Beaumont Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 64 families put Beaumont Primary School as their first choice and 276 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 2.1 first choices for every place. 34 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Beaumont Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Beaumont Primary School are Harris Primary Academy Kenley (0.8 miles, Outstanding, 86% reading, 81% maths); Woodcote Primary School (0.8 miles, 88% reading, 76% maths); New Valley Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 72% reading, 88% maths); and The Hayes Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 78% reading, 83% maths).
Beaumont Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.
Harris Primary Academy KenleyWoodcote Primary SchoolNew Valley Primary SchoolThe Hayes Primary School
What parents say
70 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Beaumont Primary School (as of September 2025): 87% would recommend the school, 90% say their child is happy there and 57% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (94%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (57%).
Who goes there
30.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are Asian (33%), White British (18%) and Mixed (18%).
In 2026, 23 pupils (10.4%) received SEN support and 12 (5.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Reedham Station, about 360 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).
7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Beaumont Primary School, 80 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 188 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Croydon (488).
Suspensions and exclusions
Beaumont Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Beaumont Primary School are Woodcote High School (0.9 miles), Thomas More Catholic School (1.1 miles) and Riddlesdown Collegiate (1.4 miles).
Woodcote High SchoolThomas More Catholic SchoolRiddlesdown Collegiate
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from December 2017, 8 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: Standards have been maintained.
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's February 2025 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Beaumont Primary School excels at creating ambitious, engaging learning experiences where every child - including those with additional needs - achieves well and develops into confident, curious learners. The school goes beyond academics to nurture the whole child through excellent pastoral care, well-being programmes and extensive enrichment opportunities. Teachers have deep subject knowledge and lessons are carefully planned to help pupils remember and apply what they learn.
Key Strengths
- Ambitious curriculum with excellent teaching that enables pupils to acquire knowledge, skills and progress well
- Strong emphasis on well-being integrated throughout the curriculum, including dance, meditation and mindfulness
- Highly effective support for pupils with SEND, with accurate identification of needs and modified teaching
- Strong reading culture with older pupils as buddies and tailored support for those who have fallen behind
- Excellent behaviour and conduct throughout the school, with high attendance because pupils enjoy the learning
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with the school creating an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Museum and creative arts venue trips, author experiences, sports clubs, gardening club, cooking club, arts club, kindness and well-being club, Well-being Wednesdays, pupil roles as prefects, parliament members and young leaders
Beaumont Primary School continues to maintain outstanding standards with an ambitious, well-organised curriculum where all pupils, including those with special educational needs, achieve very well. The school successfully realises its vision of improving life chances through learning, with pupils developing into curious, confident individuals who thrive academically and personally.
At a Glance
17.1%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
70 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 93% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 90% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 90% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
31.7
Avg class size
30.0
Infant (KS1)
33.0
KS2
7
Total classes
4 classes with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Beaumont Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Beaumont Primary School.
- 4Every Child Ltd170m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Beaumont Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Croydon. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.
2026 to 2027
- Autumn term: Wednesday 2 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
- Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
- Summer term: Monday 12 April to Thursday 22 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)
2027 to 2028
- Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
- Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
- Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Beaumont Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Beaumont Primary School is in Croydon; for families living there:
Apply to Croydon for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 28
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 28 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 22 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.
6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Croydon is 54.5 (the median across 156 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Beaumont Primary School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
101%
Over capacity
211 pupils
210 places
1 pupil over capacity in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Purley
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Purley
Across Croydon council
Places available
4,828
Applications
4,082
Got 1st preference
89.6%
Got preferred school
99.2%
All primary applications across Croydon council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: 2.1 first choices per place
Inspection History(6)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
23
SEN Support
12
EHC Plans
15.8%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
222
Total Pupils
104
Boys
118
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
11
Teachers
20.2:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£40,350
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,698
Per pupil
£1339k
Total funding
£39k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.4%
Overall absence
9.3%
Persistent absence
193
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Beaumont Primary School
Questions parents ask about Beaumont Primary School
What are SATs results like at Beaumont Primary School?
Of the pupils at Beaumont Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 93% reached the expected standard in reading and 90% did so in maths.
What is Beaumont Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Beaumont Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in February 2025, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in December 2017, it was rated Outstanding.
What is the catchment area for Beaumont Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Beaumont Primary School is oversubscribed, Croydon allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Beaumont Primary School?
Beaumont Primary School was full in 2025, at 100% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.
How big are the classes at Beaumont Primary School?
Classes at Beaumont Primary School average 31.7 pupils (2025/26). 4 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Beaumont Primary School?
Beaumont Primary School has around 222 pupils on roll. 17% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Beaumont Primary School?
4.4% of sessions were missed at Beaumont Primary School in 2024/25. 9.3% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Beaumont Primary School?
Apply through Croydon's coordinated admissions process, naming Beaumont Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Beaumont Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Beaumont Primary School: 4Every Child Ltd (170m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
What are Beaumont Primary School's term dates?
Beaumont Primary School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Croydon. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Wednesday 2 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Thursday 22 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).
How many road collisions happen near Beaumont Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 28 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 6 serious and 22 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Croydon is 54.5 (the median across 156 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Beaumont Primary School?
Beaumont Primary School is at Old Lodge Lane, Purley, Surrey, CR8 4DN.
Sources: Croydon term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)