The Minster Junior School
The Minster Junior School is a primary school in Croydon for ages 7 to 11.
Daily practice for The Minster Junior School pupils
Daily maths and English that follow the national curriculum for your child's year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Academy
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 283
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Faith
- Church of England
- Address
- Warrington Road, Croydon, CR0 4BH
- Phone
- 02086 885844
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What Ofsted found
Full inspection, February 2025.
- The quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Good
- Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
- Inspectors found pupils' behaviour is exemplary and the school's CALM code helps staff and pupils understand what is expected of them.
- The report says pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities access the same curriculum as their peers, with effective adaptations provided to help them learn well.
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's vision is 'Let us be concerned for one another, to help one another, to show love and do good'.
Source: The Minster Junior School website. Checked 12 November 2026.
How it teaches
- The school uses Read Write Inc. Phonics to teach early literacy.
- Reading is taught daily through a differentiated small group approach called the Teaching of Reading.
- The curriculum is organised around 10 big ideas that thread through projects across subjects.
Source: The Minster Junior School website; The Minster Junior School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
Admissions
- Parents of Year 2 children must complete a transfer to junior application form naming the school and submit it by the deadline.
Source: The Minster Junior School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
Visiting
- Visits to the school can be arranged by appointment by calling the school office on 020 8688 5844.
Source: The Minster Junior School website. Checked 10 November 2026.
The school day and clubs
- The school day for Year 3 to Year 6 pupils starts at 8:30am and ends at 3:15pm.
Source: The Minster Junior School website. Checked 12 November 2026.
What each year group is learning
From The Minster Junior School's curriculum maps.
Year 3
- Design and technology
- Cooking and nutrition: cook well, eat well. Building a greenhouse. Functional and fancy fabric products. Electrical circuits and conductors
Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum Overview page. The map: Curriculum Overview – Year 3-4.
Grammar schools within 15 miles
- Wilson's SchoolBoys, Wallington, 1 mile. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Wallington County Grammar SchoolBoys, Wallington, 2 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Wallington High School for GirlsGirls, Wallington, 2 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Sutton Grammar SchoolBoys, Sutton, 3 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Nonsuch High School for GirlsGirls, Sutton, 5 miles. Sutton Selective Eligibility Test
- Newstead Wood SchoolGirls, Orpington, 8 miles. Newstead Wood Selection Test
- Tiffin SchoolBoys, Kingston upon Thames, 9 miles
- The Tiffin Girls' SchoolGirls, Kingston upon Thames, 9 miles
- St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar SchoolBoys, Orpington, 9 miles. St Olave's Selective Entrance Test
- Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar SchoolSidcup, 10 miles. Bexley Selection Test
- Bexley Grammar SchoolWelling, 11 miles. Bexley Selection Test
- Townley Grammar SchoolGirls, Bexleyheath, 12 miles. Bexley Selection Test
School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 149113. Checked 9 November 2026.
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- Elmwood Infant SchoolCroydon
- Howard Primary SchoolCroydon
- Purley Oaks Primary SchoolSouth Croydon
- Winterbourne Junior Girls' SchoolThornton Heath
- Winterbourne Nursery and Infants' SchoolThornton Heath
- Beaumont Primary SchoolPurley
Daily challenges that keep pace with your child's school year
For Years 1 to 6, with a weekly view of what they have mastered and an 11+ track when you're ready.