State-funded · Primary · Croydon

Whitehorse Manor Junior School

Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11 · Mixed · 422 pupils

At a glance

Type: Academy converter (state-funded)
Phase: Primary
Ages: 7 to 11
Gender: Mixed
Pupils: 422 census January 2026
Capacity: 480
Head of School: Ms Nina-Natasha Achenbach
Trust: THE PEGASUS ACADEMY TRUST
Address: Whitehorse Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 8SB
Borough: Croydon
Telephone: 02086843929
DfE reference (URN): 136565
Website: pegasusacademytrust.org

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 7 October 2026 · last checked 9 October 2026

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Admissions

You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day.

Croydon: Reception offers, September 2026 entry

Across the borough, 89.6% of applicants were offered their first preference and 99.2% were offered one of their preferences (4,082 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.

Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 18 June 2026) · last checked 9 October 2026

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Inspection

Ofsted report card, inspected 2 June 2026

Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. The report card grades each area on a five-point scale.

Inclusion: Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
Achievement: Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard
Leadership and governance: Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: Met.

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Ofsted ungraded inspection, 27 April 2022: School remains Good

An ungraded inspection confirms or questions the previous grade; it does not set a new one.

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Last overall grade: Good, given on 9 July 2012

Historic. This is the last time Ofsted gave the school a single overall grade. Overall grades were abolished for state schools in September 2024.

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Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · last checked 9 October 2026

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Results

Key stage 2 (end of primary), 2024/25

% meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths2022/23: 61% · 2023/24: 53%
69%This school68%Croydon62%England, state-funded
% achieving the higher standard in reading, writing and maths2022/23: 10% · 2023/24: 2%
4%This school10%Croydon8%England, state-funded
Average scaled score in reading2022/23: 104 · 2023/24: 104
106This school106Croydon106England, state-funded
Average scaled score in maths2022/23: 104 · 2023/24: 103
104This school106Croydon105England, state-funded

Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 112 pupils in the cohort

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Pupils and context

Eligible for free school meals: 46% January 2026
English as an additional language: 63.9%
Receiving SEN support: 16.7%
With an Education, Health and Care Plan: 2.6%
Girls / boys: 47% / 53%

Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25

Attendance and staffing

Overall absence: 5.9% 2024/25
Persistently absent (missed 10% or more): 17.5%
Pupils per teacher: 26 2025/26

Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026

Places

Places: 480
Pupils on roll: 449

Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25

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Nearby schools

Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).