The schools around Whyteleafe are good. More than nine in ten graded schools in the county are rated good or better. The two state primaries in the area score above the expected level in maths. A primary school is a short walk from most homes. Getting a place is a separate question from how good the schools are.
The village has been short of classroom space since the 1890s. Its first primary school was built in 1892 and had been enlarged twice by 1907. There are two mainstream state primaries in the area today, and their pupils averaged a maths score of 105 at the end of primary school. Whyteleafe Primary School carries the village's name. Kenley Primary School and Hillcroft Primary School & Nursery are among the other primaries close by. On the Department for Transport's 2019 modelling, the typical walk to a primary is about ten minutes.
Across Surrey, Ofsted rates 147 of the 159 schools and settings with a published grade as good or better, more than nine in ten. Thirty are outstanding, seven require improvement and five are inadequate. Those are county figures, covering everywhere from here to Guildford, and they set the standard for the whole system the village belongs to. Another 194 Surrey settings have no published grade yet. They are unrated, which is a different thing from poor.
Living near a school does not get your child into it. Surrey County Council allocates places using its published admissions rules, so being able to see the playground from your window does not guarantee a place. A buyer choosing a house for a particular primary should read that school's admissions criteria and ask the council where the last place went in recent years. The council keeps those records, and the seller probably has not looked.
For secondary school, de Stafford School is the one on the area's list. On the 2019 model, the typical secondary is about 23 minutes away on foot, 21 by public transport and ten by car. Going from a ten-minute walk to a 23-minute one is the point where a Whyteleafe child first has an opinion about crossing the A22. The village has a long record here. Wikipedia notes that a county council secondary school for girls opened in 1911. The wider area also includes Caterham School and Woldingham School, so families have more choice than the size of the village would suggest.
Schools are one of Whyteleafe's real strengths, with the county system behind them. The only real difficulty is getting a place.