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Aragon Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Aragon Road, Morden SM4 4QU · aragon.merton.sch.uk · 020 8337 0505
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · May 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 85%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Merton 70%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 597
- 92% of 650 places
- Local authority
- Merton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 22.1%
- First language not English
- 33.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 80 families put the school first and 86 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 | 86 | 80 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 70 | 67 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 74 | 69 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 85 | 70 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 82 | 0.9 | 96% |
Results
In 2024/25, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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 | |||
| ▲85% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 132167)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 21 May 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Aragon Primary School was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 20 May 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (114 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 114
- 18% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (21%) with SEND