St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Morden, Merton·SM4 6RL
Composite score
67.6
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#2,151
National rank
#555
In London
#12
In Merton
Top 15%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
15%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
113.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
48 first choices, 56 places
First choices per place
0.86
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
92
any preference, for 56 places
Applications from another council area
55%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.12
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1320220.9820230.9620240.9820250.862026

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

Every child who put St Teresa's Catholic 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
465
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
46.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,126
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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St Teresa's Catholic Primary School at a glance

Located in Morden, Merton, St Teresa's Catholic Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. The school educates roughly 465 pupils aged 2 to 11. 77% 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 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 among the top 15% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 113 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 15% 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 St Teresa's Catholic Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 56 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 24.1 pupils per teacher. St Teresa's Catholic 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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