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Wimbledon Chase Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Merton Hall Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 3QB · wimbledonchaseschool.co.uk · 020 8542 1413
On the mapSearch near SW19 3QB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Merton 70%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.53 mi
- 0.85 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Outside the admissions priority area · Merton Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 678
- 95% of 710 places
- Local authority
- Merton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.6%
- First language not English
- 45.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Outside the admissions priority area” went to a home 0.53 mi (847 m) from the school. Its other admission rules have their own figures. Source: Merton Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 78 families put the school first and 89 places were offered; 87% 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 | 89 | 78 | 0.9 | 87% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 87 | 109 | 1.3▲ | 71% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 97 | 1.1▲ | 75% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 128 | 1.4▲ | 63% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 89 | 97 | 1.1▲ | 72% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Inside the admissions priority area | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | 0.37 mi0.60 km | |
| Reception – Outside the admissions priority area | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.53 mi0.85 km | |
Everyone living in the school's admissions priority area (APA) was offered a place.
Offer day figure (16 April 2026). By 1 September 2026 offers reached 1123.79 m.
Offer day figure (16 April 2025). The table's later columns, after the second round: 603.81; by 1 September: 1489.17.
Results
In 2024/25, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 16% 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 | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▲16% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Wimbledon Chase Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 19 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 19 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (269 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 269
- 38% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 38 parents (14%) with SEND