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The area is extremely well served by schools and churches.
On Forestdale itself there are two primary schools, Forestdale
School and Courtwood
School with Greenvale
Primary School being situated on the adjacent Selsdon Vale estate.
Very close to the estate are the nearby Selsdon
Primary School and Gilbert
Scott Primary School.
The nearest state secondary school is Selsdon
High School and other nearby secondary schools are Riddlesdown,
Shirley
High and Edeneham.
Opposite the estate is a tertiary / sixth form / FE college, John
Ruskin College and in Croydon itself, Croydon
College provides a wide variety of further and higher education
courses.
The performance of local schools and colleges can be reviewed by searching
for their latest inspection reports on the Ofsted
website.
There are a number of church schools in Croydon, and many private
and independent prep. and secondary schools, some of high national reputation.
Further details of independent schools can be obtained from ISIS, the
Independent Schools Information Service. Details of Church schools need
to be obtained from them direct or the Church Diocese.
Forestdale lies within the Church of England parish of St. Mary’s
Addington. Close to the estate is Selsdon Baptist Church and Addington
Methodist Church. The Salvation Army is active on the estate. The Catholic
Church of St. Columba and the Church of the Latter Day Saints are both
situated in nearby Selsdon. Croydon District Synagogue is situated in
Elmwood Road Croydon. The Croydon Mosque and Islamic Centre is based
in London Road, Thornton Heath. There is a Sikh temple in Hamworth Road,
Croydon and the Muththuman Amman Hindu Temple is located at 180 –
186 Upper Tooting Road, London, SW17 7EJ.
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