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Whitehorse Manor Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Whitehorse Road, Thornton Heath CR7 8SB · pegasusacademytrust.org · 020 8689 7679
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 356
- 92% of 386 places
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 37.9%
- First language not English
- 53.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 83 families put the school first and 93 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 93 | 83 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 117 | 102 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 120 | 121 | 1▲ | 92% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 120 | 114 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 120 | 111 | 0.9 | 99% |
Ofsted
Whitehorse Manor Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 5 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 5 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 22
- 6% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 59% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied