The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy
The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy is a converter academy in Croydon for boys and girls aged 2 to 7. It has 211 pupils and room for 360. About 28 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England.
Warrington Road, Croydon, CR0 4BH020 8688 5844minsterinfants.co.ukMrs Alison Silke headteacherAll details
Ofsted
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Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
184 places were empty (50% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Croydon council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (22), emotional and mental health (3), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 211 | 221 | 253 | 263 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 25% | 30% | 26% | 32% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 64% | 68% | 74% | 72% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 13% | 11% | 15% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 4% | 2% | 0% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.0% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 6.0% | 6.5% | 8.1% | 7.1% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.7% | 4.4% | 6.1% | 5.3% | 3.4% | 3.9% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.3% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 24.7% | 25.0% | 27.2% | 23.7% | 16.4% | 16.0% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 1.6 | – | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for The Minster Nursery and Infant School, the school this one replaced in September 2022. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Minster Junior School | Academy | 0 m | 283 | No overall grade 2025 | 68 | Compare |
| Krishna Avanti Primary School | Free school | 380 m | 212 | Not inspected | 94 | Compare |
| Howard Primary School | Council | 790 m | 387 | Good 2022 | 32 | Compare |
| Harris Primary Academy Purley Way | Academy | 920 m | 577 | Not inspected | 79 | Compare |
| Heathfield Academy | Academy | 940 m | 411 | Not inspected | 92 | Compare |
| Aerodrome Primary Academy | Academy | 0.6 miles | 447 | Report card 2025 | 58 | Compare |
| Harris Primary Academy Croydon | Academy | 0.9 miles | 414 | Outstanding 2023 | 90 | Compare |
| Park Hill Junior School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 367 | Outstanding 2023 | 97 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy yet.
How many pupils does The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy have?
211 pupils aged 2 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 360 places, so it is 59% full.
Is The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy oversubscribed?
Probably not. 184 places were empty in 2024/25 (50% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy?
Pupils were in school 94.0% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 25% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at The Minster Nursery and Infants Church of England Academy?
The average class had 17.9 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Warrington Road, Croydon, CR0 4BH
- Telephone
- 020 8688 5844
- Website
- www.minsterinfants.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Silke
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 2-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England, Diocese of Southwark
- Multi-academy trust
- Sdbe Multi-Academy Trust (14 schools)
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Ward
- Waddon
- Constituency
- Croydon West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2022 (academy converter)
- URN
- 149114 · LAESTAB 3063007 · UKPRN 10090469
- Formerly
- The Minster Nursery and Infant School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.