William Morris Primary School

Community school·Primary school Mitcham, Merton·CR4 1PJ
Composite score
51.7
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#6,630
National rank
#1197
In London
#28
In Merton
Top 45%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
25 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
73
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
20%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7420220.9120231.0420240.8820250.892026

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

Every child who put William Morris Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
280
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
39.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
52.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,853
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

William Morris Primary School is a primary school serving Mitcham, Merton, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 280 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 67% 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 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 45% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% 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 William Morris Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 28 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. William Morris 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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