Winterbourne Nursery and Infants' School

Winterbourne Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 7QT

372 pupils · 83% of 450 capacity

Phase
Primary
Type
Community school
Ages
3–7
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Croydon
Free school meals
26.6%

Ofsted

Good (2023)Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 13 September 2023, published 12 October 2023. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available 0.9 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry837518281
Sept 2025 entry1009421097
Sept 2024 entry847317279
Sept 2023 entry968719094
Sept 2022 entry877717082
Sept 2021 entry777417075
Sept 2020 entry827317780
Sept 2019 entry746818372

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.