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Garfield Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Garfield Road, Wimbledon SW19 8SB · garfield.merton.sch.uk · 020 8540 1053
On the mapSearch near SW19 8SB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Merton 70%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Merton Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 306
- 61% of 498 places
- Local authority
- Merton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.7%
- First language not English
- 43.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Merton Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 41 families put the school first and 59 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 | 59 | 41 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 47 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 40 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 34 | 1.1▲ | 74% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2025 | 1.35 mi2.18 km | |
Offer day figure (16 April 2025). The table's later columns, after the second round: All offered.
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 26% the higher standard. Across Merton it was 70%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ▲26% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 27 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Garfield Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Apr 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Jun 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (55 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 55
- 18% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 13% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (18%) with SEND