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Malmesbury Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Malmesbury Road, Morden SM4 6HG · malmesbury.merton.sch.uk · 020 8648 3561
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Merton 70%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.43 mi
- 0.70 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Merton Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 347
- 66% of 524 places
- Local authority
- Merton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 41.9%
- First language not English
- 35.4%
- 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 (697 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.56 mi (900 m). Source: Merton Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 36 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 78% 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 | 30 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 42 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 53 | 0.9 | 92% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.43 mi0.70 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.56 mi0.90 km | |
| September 2024 | All | |
Offer day figure (16 April 2026). By the second round offers reached 729.87 m.
Offer day figure (16 April 2025). The table's later columns, after the second round: 900.44; by 1 September: 900.44.
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% 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 | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Malmesbury Primary School on 18 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 18 Mar 2025
- 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: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
85% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 85%
- Replies
- 27
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied