Whitehorse Manor Junior School, Thornton Heath

Ofsted's report card from its 2 June 2026 inspection grades Whitehorse Manor Junior School on 6 areas: 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Generally, leaders ensure that pupils' learning of the most essential knowledge and skills in early reading, writing and mathematics is secure."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is coherently planned and helps pupils build learning cumulatively year on year."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders demonstrate a clear commitment to supporting pupils' emotional wellbeing and social development."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders thoroughly understand the school's context."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a broad personal development curriculum."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers systematically check pupils' understanding and that prior learning is secure, especially for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and pupils who speak English as an additional language, in order to identify next steps and address any misunderstandings"; "Leaders should refine the use of tasks that strengthen pupils' recall and deepen their understanding of key concepts to raise achievement further"; "Leaders and those with responsibility for governance should ensure that monitoring is more rigorous and leads to consistently strong practice and standards across all areas of the school's work".

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils at Whitehorse Manor Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 76% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 80% and 80% in Croydon and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 75% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.

Across Croydon, 90% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Croydon lodged 57 appeals against primary school offers; 27 reached a hearing and 1 succeeded (3.7% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Whitehorse Manor Junior School are Whitehorse Manor Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good); St Chad's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 88% reading, 78% maths); The Crescent Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 62% reading, 59% maths); and Heavers Farm Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 64% reading, 60% maths).

Whitehorse Manor Junior School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

Whitehorse Manor Junior School is one of 6 schools run by The Pegasus Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

46% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 63.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (41%), Mixed (19%) and Asian (15%).

In 2026, 68 pupils (16.1%) received SEN support and 12 (2.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Whitehorse Manor Junior School had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 26 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Selhurst Rail Station, about 540 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Talbot Road Thornton Heath, 60 metres away.

In 2024/25, Whitehorse Manor Junior School issued 1 suspension, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Whitehorse Manor Junior School are BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology (0.4 miles) and Harris Academy South Norwood (0.8 miles).