Whitehorse Manor Junior School

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Whitehorse Manor Junior School
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Additions to façade at Whitehorse Manor Schools looking South East
Address
Whitehorse Manor Junior School
Whitehorse Road

Thornton Heath
,
Greater London
,
CR7 8SB

England
Coordinates 51°23′46″N0°05′31″W / 51.39621°N 0.09188°W / 51.39621; -0.09188 Coordinates: 51°23′46″N0°05′31″W / 51.39621°N 0.09188°W / 51.39621; -0.09188
Information
Type Academy
Department for Education URN 136565 Tables
Head teacherNina Achenbach
Gender Coeducational
Age7to 11
Enrolment480
Website http://www.pegasusacademytrust.org

Whitehorse Manor Junior School is a junior school for pupils aged between seven and eleven years. The school is located in Thornton Heath. In April 2011 the school became part of the first Academy Trust in Croydon and the running of the school became part of the responsibility of the Pegasus Academy Trust, a public company limited by guarantee. The Executive Headteachers of The Pegasus Academy Trust are Jolyon Roberts and Lynne Sampson. The school caters for pupils from Year 3 to Year 6. The uniform of the school is a burgundy sweatshirt with the school logo, white shirt and grey trousers or skirt. The school is expanding the number of forms on entry from two to three. There are currently 450 pupils on roll with a maximum of 30 pupils in each of 15 classes. To cater for these extra children a major building project took place between April 2010 and April 2014 providing seven extra classrooms, new offices, extended hall and library. The scheme was designed by the architects Hayhurst and Co and won a RIBA London award in May 2014. [1] In September 2014 the school opened an annexe about two-thirds of a mile (1.1 km) away known as Whitehorse Manor - Brigstock site which allows another 210 children to be educated by the school - the original site having reached capacity. The current Head of School is Nina Achenbach BA (QTS), NPQH.

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History

The school was opened in 1892 and has a complicated history - having undergone a great many re-organisations. Dr Ron Cox, a consultant archivist to the Education Department of the London Borough of Croydon, lists the chronological story as follows:

Whitehorse Road (Post-Infants) girls' school.

Agnes Mason, an associate of D. H. Lawrence taught at this school for some years until Davidson Road School opened in 1907 when she went there to teach with Lawrence. A penetrating description of the school and its staff at that time is to be found in Helen Corke's book In our infancy:an autobiography, Part 1 1882-1912. She too was an associate of Lawrence.

Headteachers

The Headteachers of the school have been:

Whitehorse Manor Junior School 1892-1911

FromToHeadteacher
4 July 189226 August 1911Amelia Corney

Headteachers of Whitehorse Manor Senior Girls' School 1892-1961

FromToHeadteacher
14 June 189231 March 1903Miss Mary A Smyth
1 April 190331 August 1905Miss Lily Thornton
1 September 190530 September 1916Miss Annie Ada Malin
1 Oct 191631 Dec 1919Ethel M Mayhew
1 Jan 192031 Dec 1934Mrs. Lily Crittenden
1 January 193531 December 1957Miss M.H Stafford
1 January 195831 March 1961Mrs Joan C. Grunberg (Acting)

Headteachers of Whitehorse Manor Senior Boys' School 1892-1955

FromToHeadteacher
14 June 189231 Dec 1900Mr William Hooper
1 January 190131 August 1911Mr James Boys Edwards
1 September 191131 December 1919Mr William Field
1 January 192031 Jan 1945Mr Samuel J Cook
1 February 194531 August 1955Mr Alfred Gregory

After spending some years as Headteacher of Sydenham Junior Boys Mr Alfred Gregory returned as Headteacher of the new Junior (Mixed) school in 1961

Headteachers of Whitehorse Manor Junior (Mixed) School

FromToHeadteacher
1 April 196131 August 1971Mr Alfred Gregory
1 September 197131 December 1983Mr Ernest Morgan
1 January 198431 August 1989Mr Di Davis
1 September 198931 December 1989Miss Teresa McBain (Acting)
1 January 199022 April 1990Mrs P Griffiths (Acting)
23 April 199030 April 1993Ms Yvonne Stewart
1 May 199331 August 1993Miss Teresa McBain (Acting)
1 September 199331 December 2000Mrs Frances McGregor
1 January 200118 April 2004Mr Alexander Clark
19 April 200431 August 2011Mr Jolyon Roberts

In April 2011 the school became part of the Pegasus Academy Trust together with Whitehorse Manor Infant School and Ecclesbourne Primary School. The Executive Headteachers of The Pegasus Academy Trust are Jolyon Roberts and Lynne Sampson

Head of School of Whitehorse Manor Junior (Academy) School

FromToHead of School
1 September 2011(Present)Ms Nina Achenbach

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