Whitehorse Manor Junior School

Whitehorse Manor Junior School
Type Community School
Headteacher Jolyon Roberts
Location Whitehorse Road
Thornton Heath
Greater London
CR7 8SB
 England
Local authority Croydon
DfE URN 101742
Students 240
Gender Coeducational
Ages 7–11
Website www.whitehorse.croydon.sch.uk

Whitehorse Manor Junior School is a junior school for pupils aged between 7 and 11 years. The school is located in Thornton Heath. The Local Education Authority for the school is the London Borough of Croydon. The school caters for pupils from Year 3 to Year 6. The uniform of the school is a red sweatshirt with the school logo, white shirt and grey trousers or skirt. There are 240 pupils on roll with a maximum of 30 pupils in each of 8 classes. The current Headteacher is Jolyon Roberts B.Ed, 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, 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

From To Headteacher
4 July 1892 26 August 1911 Amelia Corney

Headteachers of Whitehorse Manor Senior Girls' School 1892-1961

From To Headteacher
14 June 1892 31 March 1903 Miss Mary A Smyth
1 April 1903 31 August 1905 Miss Lily Thornton
1 September 1905 30 September 1916 Miss Annie Ada Malin
1 Oct 1916 31 Dec 1919 Ethel M Mayhew
1 Jan 1920 31 Dec 1934 Mrs. Lily Crittenden
1 January 1935 31 December 1957 Miss M.H Stafford
1 January 1958 31 March 1961 Mrs Joan C. Grunberg (Acting)

Headteachers of Whitehorse Manor Senior Boys' School 1892-1955

From To Headteacher
14 June 1892 31 Dec 1900 Mr William Hooper
1 January 1901 31 August 1911 Mr James Boys Edwards
1 September 1911 31 December 1919 Mr William Field
1 January 1920 31 Jan 1945 Mr Samuel J Cook
1 February 1945 31 August 1955 Mr 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

From To Headteacher
1 April 1961 31 August 1971 Mr Alfred Gregory
1 September 1971 31 December 1983 Mr Ernest Morgan
Mrs Wash 1977-?
1 January 1984 31 August 1989 Mr Di Davis
1 September 1989 31 December 1989 Miss Teresa McBain (Acting)
1 January 1990 22 April 1990 Mrs P Griffiths (Acting)
23 April 1990 30 April 1993 Ms Yvonne Stewart
1 May 1993 31 August 1993 Miss Teresa McBain (Acting)
1 September 1993 31 December 2000 Mrs Frances McGregor
1 January 2001 18 April 2004 Mr Alexander Clark
19 April 2004 Present Mr Jolyon Roberts

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