schools in west purley

[dani17]

Hi,
do any one please live in west purley. we are interested in a house near woodcote drive. we are checking what are the primaries near the house but no one of them seems to have good results. the schools near houses are :
wallington primary school
foresters primary school
bandon hill primary school
do anyone have ideas about those schools.
I found as well an outstanding school a bit far from the house ( woodcote primry school) but it seems that the catchment area is very big for this school which a think a bit strange for an outstanding school. do anyone know about that please ? thanks

Woodcote is massive, I think it’s four classes per year now which may explain the large catchment, although the secondary has a small catchment. I’ve heard good things about bandon hill, not sure about others

There are actually 2 Bandon hills. I assume you mean original one as that is nearest that side. That has good reputation I think. Catchment used to be tiny though - 250 - 500 metres. Don't know if that's changed.

Sorry 350 not 250.

I don't think I have heard negative things about Wallington (use to be Amy Johnson) and Foresters however they are not ones I think you hear people recommend on local Fb groups.

thanks. could you give me the name of fb group so i can ask the members please? thank you

It's just Wallington, Surrey

I live a few miles away and take DS to an activity at Woodcote Primary every week, and my impression is that it is a good school. The site and classrooms are spacious and well maintained, it has a good library and there is always lots of high quality work on display. I would choose it if I was moving to its catchment.

the problem is the house i found is about 1.3 miles to the woodcote school. i am not sure that i will be in the catchment area.

The thing is with most schools now - there is no 'catchment area', it all depends on who applies each year and where they live in relation to the school - so it would vary each year, depending on age of local children, amount of applicants and location. So even if you looked at last September's intake it wouldn't necessarily be the same this year or next.

thanks. the point is that i like so much the area but i don't like private schools ( it is even beyond financial reasons).
so you don't recomand any state school in the area?