Beecholme Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Mitcham, Merton·CR4 2HZ
Composite score
60.8
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#3,698
National rank
#825
In London
#20
In Merton
Top 25%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
17 first choices, 17 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
55
any preference, for 17 places
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.25
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620220.6820230.6020240.7520251.002026

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

Every child who put Beecholme 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
170
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
38.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
57.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,055
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Beecholme Primary School at a glance

Located in Mitcham, Merton, Beecholme Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 170 pupils aged 3 to 11. 72% 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 risen by 27.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 25% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% 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 Beecholme Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 17 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 18.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% 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. Beecholme 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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