The school is rapidly improving with a dedicated, committed and hard working staff who are leading the school forward by:

• Improving the quality of teaching

• Raising pupils’ achievement and progress

• Leading to positive outcomes for all our pupils.

The Minster Junior School has always believed that children should have equal access to all areas of the curriculum. Everything that happens in school is considered to be part of ‘the curriculum’ and we believe that whether it is learning to share, respecting others or learning to read and write, these things are important to the whole child. The school has regard to the statutory guidance from the Department for Education to carry out its responsibilities and duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

The first mention of a Parish Church school was in 1812. We celebrated our bi-centenary in 2012! Prior to 1850 a 'Poor School’ was held at the chapel of the Old Palace. This was for girls only and was supervised by the Vicars of Croydon. The Croydon Directory of 1851 mentions the School of Industry for Girls and also a school for infants. A school for boys was established on 23 January 1882 and was held in the Pitlake Mission Hall, Westfield Road. A new building was needed to bring these three departments together and therefore a school was erected adjacent to the Parish Church.

Archbishop Benson officially opened it on 29 March 1884 before a distinguished gathering. Behind the foundation stone was placed a sealed bottle containing contemporary newspapers and coins.

It was soon found that these new premises were insufficient to meet the educational demands of the District. In 1894 it was found necessary to find additional accommodation in the newly erected Welcome Hall in Scarbrook Road. The boys’ school remained there until 1924. In August 1949 the school consisted of a mixed Junior and Infant Department. The Headteacher was Mr B.R. Revett.

On 25 April 1966 the school moved to its present site in Warrington Road and became separate Infant and Junior Schools. These new schools, which were Voluntary Controlled, were officially opened on 05 October 1966 by the Right Reverend Maurice Harland, formerly Bishop of Croydon.

In October 2006 we celebrated 40 years on our current site when the Bishop of Southwark unveiled a plaque in our dining room.

From September 1998 the school began to expand to three forms of entry.  

The Minster Junior School (2015) 

In the summer of 2013, the first turf was cut to begin the expansion of Parish Church Junior School into a four forms of entry school. The project would take just over a year and would see the school transformed. The children were amazed at the look of their 'new' school and the addition of the classrooms on an upper floor.

This September, the school has started a new school year, with a new school name and so, a new chapter has opened in the long and proud history of our school.

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We are a values school and work hard with all pupils and families to instil in them the values for which we stand. Each month of the year we focus on a particular value. It is a theme in our daily assembly or collective worship as well as a class display. At the end of the month one pupil in each class is given a citizenship award recognising that particular child’s achievement in living out the value. Current award winners can be viewed here.

We think that respect and responsibility are key to a person’s development and so each school year begins in September and October with these two values. We focus on peace for November and love in December, thinking about the carol “Love came down at Christmas.”

For the remainder  of the year we focus on care, trust, cooperation, faith, hope, honesty and humility.

British Values

At The Minster Junior School we are fully committed to promoting British values in line with recent Department for Education (DfE) recommendations and the requirements of the Equalities Act 2010, to keep children safe and prepare them for life in modern Britain.

We aim to integrate these lessons within our topic- based teaching and encourage our children to live out these values as part of our school’s ethos.