Childcare in Purley (Croydon)
Purley (Croydon) has 8 day nurseries, 1 pre-school, 3 school nursery classes, 4 childminders and 10 after-school clubs. Ofsted has inspected 9 of them and rated 8 Good or better. 17 have never been inspected, which usually means recently registered. Across Croydon there are 33 places per 100 children under five, about the same as England as a whole at 32.
Places per 100 under-fives is registered capacity at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders across Croydon, divided by the children aged 0 to 4 who live there at the 2021 Census. It compares areas; it is not a count of free places today. It also leaves out the 61 school nursery classes across Croydon, because nobody publishes how many children they take.
4 settings match. Search by postcode to sort them by how far they really are.
What has changed here
Ofsted does not publish closures, so we work them out by comparing releases. Worth knowing if you are working from an old list.
- Jun 2026Closed Whytebeams Sessional day care
- Jun 2026Opened Stagecoach Performing Arts Coulsdon Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened BB Soccer Purley Holiday Club Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Opened 4Every Child Ltd Out-of-school day care
- Dec 2025Closed Kip McGrath Education Centres: Purley Out-of-school day care
- Jun 2025Closed Purley Day Nursery & Montessori Centre Full day care
- Jun 2025Opened Purley Day Nursery & Montessori Centre Full day care
What people ask about childcare in Purley (Croydon)
Answered from the figures on this page, so they stay in step with it.
Which nurseries in Purley (Croydon) take funded hours?
3 of the 26 settings in Purley (Croydon) are recorded as taking the government funded hours. Councils do not publish a list of approved providers, so the rest are unknown rather than a no.
Which nurseries in Purley (Croydon) take babies?
13 settings in Purley (Croydon) are registered to take children under two. Ofsted's register does not say whether a setting runs a baby room or has space in it, so ring before you plan around it.
Is it hard to get a nursery place in Purley (Croydon)?
Croydon has 33 registered childcare places for every 100 children under five, against 32 across England. That is registered capacity rather than free places, so it compares areas rather than telling you what is available this week.
Towns close to Purley (Croydon)
Worth widening the search to, especially if you drive to work.