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Smallwood Primary School and Language Unit
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Smallwood Road, Tooting, London SW17 0TW · smallwood.wandsworth.sch.uk · 020 8672 6024
On the mapSearch near SW17 0TW
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 41%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Wandsworth 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.43 mi
- 0.68 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Wandsworth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 253
- 48% of 530 places
- Local authority
- Wandsworth
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 44.2%
- First language not English
- 34%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.43 mi (684 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.29 mi (466 m). Source: Wandsworth Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 25 | 0.8 | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 81% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 24 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 26 | 0.9 | 73% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.43 mi0.68 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.29 mi0.47 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.22 mi0.35 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.37 mi0.60 km | |
| September 2023 | All | |
Results
In 2024/25, 41% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Wandsworth it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼41% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Smallwood Primary School and Language Unit was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 22 February 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 22 Feb 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Mar 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (79 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 79
- 30% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied
based on 28 parents (35%) with SEND