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Benedict Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Church Road, Mitcham CR4 3BE · benedictacademy.org · 020 8648 4726
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 93%
- 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
- 177
- 74% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Merton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 64.6%
- First language not English
- 58.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Step Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 28 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 | 28 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 19 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 27 | 16 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 16 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 93% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% 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 | |||
| ▲93% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲112 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 140187)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Benedict Academy on 8 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 8 Oct 2024
- 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: Inadequate, graded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 140187), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Mar 2020Monitoring visitEffective action
- Nov 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 140187)
Nov 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 140187)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 27
- 15% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied