Singlegate Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Merton·SW19 2NT
Composite score
58.6
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National rank
#922
In London
#22
In Merton
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
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
100%
87 first choices, 90 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
199
any preference, for 90 places
Last place offered lived
1.43 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 2296 m
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1020220.9420231.1820241.0120250.972026

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
648
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
21.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,816
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Singlegate Primary School

Singlegate Primary School is a primary school in London, Merton, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 648 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. 74% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 30% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Singlegate Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 90 Reception places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.43 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 5.5%. There are about 25.9 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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