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Beecholme Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Edgehill Road, Mitcham CR4 2HZ · beecholme.com · 020 8640 4795
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Merton 70%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 155
- 74% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Merton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 42.8%
- First language not English
- 58.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Pace Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 17 families put the school first and 17 places were offered; 100% 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 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 16 | 12 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 12 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 19 | 13 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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 | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 102631)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Beecholme Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 8 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 102631), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2015Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102631)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 29
- 17% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied