Cheam Fields Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Sutton·SM3 8PQ
Composite score
86.1
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#413
National rank
#148
In London
#6
In Sutton
Top 3%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
84%
% achieving higher RWM
27%
Reading average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
111.0
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
77%
78 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.30
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
323
any preference, for 60 places
Last place offered lived
0.75 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1215 m
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8020220.9320231.1720241.1020251.302026

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
458
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
29.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,963
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Cheam Fields Primary Academy

Cheam Fields Primary Academy is a primary school in Sutton, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 458 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 84% 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 3% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 111 in reading and 111 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 27% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Cheam Fields Primary Academy is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 78 first choices for 60 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.75 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 4.3%. There are about 24.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 7% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Cheam Fields Primary Academy 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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