Whitehorse Manor Infant School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Thornton Heath, Croydon
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
12.932 miles
Published by Croydon Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Whitehorse Manor Infant School is a primary school in Thornton Heath, Croydon for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 March 2024. Croydon has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2023 to 2026 entry.
Whitehorse Manor Infant School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 12.932 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 12.932 miles away, 3rd longest of 64 Croydon primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 2.44 miles).
- Further than in 2025 and 2023, the Reception 2026 last distance was the longest of the 4 years with a published distance; the sharpest swing came from 2025 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 drew 83 first-choice applications for 93 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Croydon schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Whitehorse Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 8SB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Croydon
- Pupils on roll
- 356 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 36.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this happy and respectful school.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school and the value of ‘care’ is reflected in pupils’ day-to-day conduct.”
- “The school has high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and what they can achieve.”
To improve
- “Leaders know that attendance is not high enough.”
- “Leaders know that writing outcomes at the end of Year 2 were below national expectations.”
- “However, in some subjects the key knowledge and skills that the school wants pupils to know and remember is not made explicit.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 83 first-preference applications, 93 offers in total, 83 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Croydon.
- Whitehorse Manor Junior School 0.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Chad's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Crescent Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Heavers Farm Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Ecclesbourne Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Broadmead Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Beulah Infants' School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beulah Junior School 0.6 mi Requires improvement