Abingdon House School Purley
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Purley, CR8 2AN
- Distance
- 0.9km away
St Nicholas School
Reedham Drive, Purley, CR8 4DS
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Independent
Phase
265
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 274
- Boys
- 195 (71%)
- Girls
- 78 (29%)
- Capacity
- 265 (103% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 44.2%
- EAL
- 32.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 98.9%
- SEN Support
- 1.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 9.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £26,105/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 21.3%
- White British: 16.3%
- White Other: 11.7%
- Mixed Other: 8.4%
- Asian Other: 8.4%
- Black Caribbean: 8.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 6.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 5.4%
21.3%
Black African
16.3%
White British
11.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 101854
- UKPRN
- 10077042
- Establishment No.
- 7005
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