Merton Park Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Merton·SW19 3HQ
Composite score
95.4
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#60
National rank
#21
In London
#2
In Merton
Top 0.4%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
93%
% achieving higher RWM
33%
Reading average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
39%
74 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
2.47
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
253
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
0.29 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 473 m
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 1.57
00.511.522.53
1 per place
1.5720221.4320231.4320240.8920252.472026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
228
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
24.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,319
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Merton Park Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Merton, Merton Park Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 228 pupils aged 3 to 11. 93% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 6.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 1% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 112 in reading and 112 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 33% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Merton Park Primary School is oversubscribed: about 4 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 74 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.29 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 3.6%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Merton Park Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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