Whitehorse Manor Junior School
Whitehorse Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 8SB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE PEGASUS ACADEMY TRUST
- Head of School
- Ms Nina-Natasha Achenbach
- Sponsor
- The Pegasus Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Croydon West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 422
- URN
- 136565
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086843929
About this school
Whitehorse Manor Junior School is a primary academy in Thornton Heath. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 422 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 27 April 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 94 | 111 | 112 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 53% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 2% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 75% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 73% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 74% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Whitehorse Manor Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Croydon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 62.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 67.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 447 |
| 2023/24 | 469 |
| 2024/25 | 454 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Whitehorse Manor Junior School compares
Whitehorse Manor Junior School ranked 46th of 77 primary schools in Croydon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 5.9% | 45.6% | 422 | — |
| Whitehorse Manor Infant School | — | 6.3% | 38.4% | 356 | 0.0 miles |
| St Chad's Catholic Primary School | 78% | 3.7% | 25% | 336 | 0.4 miles |
| The Crescent Primary School | 55% | 6.7% | 41.7% | 318 | 0.5 miles |
| Heavers Farm Primary School | 48% | 8.3% | 38.2% | 259 | 0.5 miles |
| Ecclesbourne Primary School | 75% | 6.1% | 35.9% | 417 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.59%
- English as an additional language
- 63.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.93%
- Persistent absence
- 17.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Whitehorse Manor Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Thornton Heath
-
St Chad's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
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The Crescent Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Croydon
-
Heavers Farm Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Ecclesbourne Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Thornton Heath
Other schools in Thornton Heath
Whitehorse Manor Junior School ranks 8th of the 11 ranked primary schools in Thornton Heath.
- Beulah Junior School Primary
- David Livingstone Academy Primary
- Ecclesbourne Primary School Primary
- Gonville Academy Primary
- Kensington Avenue Primary School Primary
- Paxton Academy Sports And Science Primary
- St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy Primary
- St James the Great RC Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Whitehorse Manor Infant School Primary
- Winterbourne Boys' Academy Primary
- Winterbourne Junior Girls' School Primary
- Winterbourne Nursery and Infants' School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Whitehorse Manor Junior School teach?
- Whitehorse Manor Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Thornton Heath.
- Who is the head of school of Whitehorse Manor Junior School?
- The head of school of Whitehorse Manor Junior School is Ms Nina-Natasha Achenbach, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Whitehorse Manor Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Whitehorse Manor Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Whitehorse Manor Junior School?
- Whitehorse Manor Junior School has 422 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Whitehorse Manor Junior School full?
- Whitehorse Manor Junior School has capacity for 480 pupils and 422 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Whitehorse Manor Junior School a faith school?
- No. Whitehorse Manor Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Whitehorse Manor Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Whitehorse Manor Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Whitehorse Manor Junior School?
- Whitehorse Manor Junior School is part of THE PEGASUS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Whitehorse Manor Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Whitehorse Manor Junior School rank locally?
- Whitehorse Manor Junior School ranked 46th of 77 primary schools in Croydon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Whitehorse Manor Junior School's absence rate?
- Whitehorse Manor Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Whitehorse Manor Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Whitehorse Manor Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.