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Park Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
200 Dorset Road, London SW19 3EF · park-academy.org · 020 8542 3365
On the mapSearch near SW19 3EF
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 94%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Merton 70%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 160
- 76% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Merton
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.3%
- First language not English
- 50.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Step Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 32 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 66% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 66% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 13 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 14 | 5 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 8 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 12 | 9 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 94% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 44% 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 | |||
| ▲94% | 62% | ||
| ▲44% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲114 | 106 | ||
| ▲113 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▲115 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Park Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 16 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 16 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Sept 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2022Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 19
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied