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The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Warrington Road, Croydon CR0 4BH · minsterinfants.co.uk · 020 8688 5844
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Apr 2025
- Last distance offered
- 2.66 mi
- 4.27 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Croydon Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 211
- 59% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 28%
- First language not English
- 63.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 2.66 mi (4.27 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 5.74 mi (9.24 km). Source: Croydon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 35 families put the school first and 36 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 37 | 31 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 51 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 64 | 55 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.66 mi4.27 km | |
| September 2025 | 5.74 mi9.24 km | |
| September 2024 | 1.49 mi2.40 km | |
| September 2022 | All | |
The furthest distance at which the school offered a place for the 2024, 2025 and 2026 intake.
The council lists the school as having vacancies on 19 April 2022: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 2 April 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 1 Apr 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 101791), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101791)
May 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 101791)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (13 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 13
- 6% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied