Cumnor House School
Cumnor House School is an independent school in for girls aged 4 to 11. It has 131 pupils and room for 181.
1 Woodcote Lane, Purley, CR8 3HB020 8668 0050Mrs Amanda McShane headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Croydon council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 131 | 143 | 134 | 124 | 118 | 106 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 14% | 10% | 2% | 5% | 8% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laleham Lea School | Independent | 750 m | 111 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The John Fisher School | Roman Catholic | 850 m | 1,116 | Good 2023 | 81 | Compare |
| Woodcote High School | Academy | 910 m | 1,250 | Good 2024 | 41 | Compare |
| Woodcote Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 871 | No overall grade 2025 | 89 | Compare |
| St David's School | Independent | 0.7 miles | 139 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Wallington High School for Girls | Academy (grammar) | 0.8 miles | 1,548 | No overall grade 2025 | 99 | Compare |
| Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 0.9 miles | 212 | Good 2023 | 87 | Compare |
| Thomas More Catholic School | Roman Catholic | 0.9 miles | 599 | Not inspected | 45 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Cumnor House School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Cumnor House School yet.
How many pupils does Cumnor House School have?
131 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 181 places, so it is 72% full. It is a girls' school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 1 Woodcote Lane, Purley, CR8 3HB
- Telephone
- 020 8668 0050
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda McShane
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 4-11
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Ward
- Purley & Woodcote
- Constituency
- Croydon South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 8 September 2010 (new provision)
- URN
- 136226 · LAESTAB 3066107 · UKPRN 10075173
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.