Park Hill Junior School
Park Hill Junior School is a primary school in Croydon for ages 7 to 11.
Practise what Park Hill Junior School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order Park Hill Junior School teaches it, where its maps give one. English keeps to the usual order for their year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Academy
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 367
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Stanhope Road, Croydon, CR0 5NS
- Phone
- 02086 868623
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What Ofsted found
Full inspection, May 2023.
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- The quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
- Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
- Inspectors found that adults support pupils with SEND skilfully so they access the same curriculum as their peers.
- Inspectors found the phonics programme is delivered consistently by well-trained adults, who check pupils' understanding effectively.
Our summary of Ofsted's report. Read the full reports on Ofsted's website. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The school
- The school has a school library that classes visit each week to swap books.
Source: Park Hill Junior School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
How it teaches
- The school uses White Rose Schemes of Work as a guide to support teachers with planning and assessment.
- The school is part of the Greenshaw Learning Trust.
Source: Park Hill Junior School website; Park Hill Junior School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Admissions
- The school is a three-form entry junior school.
Source: Park Hill Junior School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Visiting
- Morning drop-in session runs 10.00am to 10.45am and afternoon drop-in session runs 2.30pm to 3.15pm.
Source: Park Hill Junior School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
What each year group is learning
From Park Hill Junior School's curriculum maps.
Year 3Autumn
- Maths
- Number bonds to 100 and place value up to 1000. Mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction. Comparing objects and numbers
- English
- Nouns, adjectives and verbs
- Science
- Types of rocks: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary, with examples. How metamorphic rocks are changed by pressure or heat. How sedimentary rocks are formed from sediment over time. Dark is the absence of light. Transparent materials let light pass through completely. Light reflects off surfaces at the same angle it hits them. The size of a shadow changes with the position of the light source. Friction is a force between two surfaces that are sliding or trying to slide across each other. Gravity is the force that pulls things to the ground. Magnets have two poles, north and south. Food groups, balanced diet and skeletons. Light, reflection and shadows
- History
- Chronology of the Stone Age. Evidence archaeologists use
- Geography
- Tourism and improvements to areas
- Music
- Melody, pitch, pulse and rhythm
- PE
- Netball passing, receiving and teamwork
- RE
- Lent is a period of six weeks leading up to Easter
- PSHE
- Identifying how boys' and girls' bodies change on the outside during growing up. Working cooperatively in a group
- Other
- The Hindu name for God is Brahman, a powerful force with many roles and sides to his personality
Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Year 3 curriculum page. The maps: Y3 Jigsaw Overview, Y3 Rocks, Y3 Light, Y3 Hinduism, Y3 Christianity, Y3 Forces and Magnets, Autumn Curriculum Overview.
What each year learns
- Year 3 mathsWhite Rose Maths
- Year 4 mathsWhite Rose Maths
- Year 5 mathsWhite Rose Maths
- Year 6 mathsWhite Rose Maths
Grammar schools within 15 miles
- Wilson's SchoolBoys, Wallington, 2 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Wallington County Grammar SchoolBoys, Wallington, 3 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Wallington High School for GirlsGirls, Wallington, 3 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Sutton Grammar SchoolBoys, Sutton, 4 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Nonsuch High School for GirlsGirls, Sutton, 6 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Newstead Wood SchoolGirls, Orpington, 7 miles. Newstead Wood Selection Test
- St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar SchoolBoys, Orpington, 8 miles. St Olave's Selective Entrance Test
- Tiffin SchoolBoys, Kingston upon Thames, 9 miles
- Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar SchoolSidcup, 10 miles. Bexley Selection Test
- The Tiffin Girls' SchoolGirls, Kingston upon Thames, 10 miles
- Bexley Grammar SchoolWelling, 10 miles. Bexley Selection Test
- Townley Grammar SchoolGirls, Bexleyheath, 11 miles. Bexley Selection Test
School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 144382. Checked 9 November 2026.
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- Beaumont Primary SchoolPurley
Help your child with what Park Hill Junior School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order the school teaches it, English in the usual order for their year, with a weekly view of what they have mastered.