Cheam Fields Primary Academy

Sutton · SM3 8PQ

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 471 pupils, 5.9% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Cheam Fields Primary Academy

General Information

Address: Stoughton Avenue, Cheam, Sutton, SM3 8PQ – View on map
Phone: 02086449055
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Miss Faye Gibney
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 78 families put it first for 60 places – 13 for every 10 places. 77% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 12 · 2025 11 · 2026 13
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

471 pupils out of 408 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 27
% eligible for free school meals: 5.9%
Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (less mixed than the Sutton average)
English as an additional language: 32% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 10.3% a year (Sutton 14.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 46% moved to another school, 54% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Sutton: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
Suspensions for bullying: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Sutton, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 3.9%
Persistently absent pupils: 6.4%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 12.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.2%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 18 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 8 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 84% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 27% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 11 percentage points above the Sutton average (73%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 86% against an expected 68%)
3-year average (expected standard): 86%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 94% · Writing 86% · Maths 89% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
Average test scores: reading 111, maths 111
Based on: 63 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolSutton averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 11 percentage points above the Sutton average (73%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 5th of 32 junior and primary schools in the area

=2Westbourne Primary School90%
#4Manor Park Primary Academy87%
=5Cheam Fields Primary Academy84%
=5Robin Hood Junior School84%
#7Beddington Park Academy80%

Click to see the full ranking

Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Cuddington Croft Primary School and Nursery94%
=2Cheam Common Junior Academy90%
=2Westbourne Primary School90%
#4Manor Park Primary Academy87%
=5Cheam Fields Primary Academy84%
=5Robin Hood Junior School84%
#7Beddington Park Academy80%
=8Brookfield Primary Academy79%
=8Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy79%
=8Muschamp Primary School and Language Opportunity Base79%
#11All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School78%
=12All Saints Benhilton CofE Primary School76%
=12Barrow Hedges Primary School76%
#14Culvers House Primary School75%
#15Abbey Primary School74%
#16St Dunstan's Cheam CofE Primary School73%
#17Holy Trinity CofE Junior School72%
=18Hackbridge Primary School71%
=18St Mary's RC Junior School71%
#20Stanley Park Junior School70%
#21Harris Junior Academy Carshalton69%
#22Dorchester Primary School67%
=23Bandon Hill Primary School65%
=23High View Primary School65%
#25Devonshire Primary School64%
=26Avenue Primary Academy63%
=26Green Lane Primary and Nursery School63%
#28Wood Field Primary School62%
#29Rushy Meadow Primary Academy61%
#30Tweeddale Primary School48%
#31Green Wrythe Primary School46%
#32Wallington Primary Academy31%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,963 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

12th of 26 primary schools in Sutton for spending per pupil

#10Manor Park Primary Academy£7,069
#11Rushy Meadow Primary Academy£6,986
#12Cheam Fields Primary Academy£6,963
#13Devonshire Primary School£6,952
#14High View Primary School£6,779

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Green Wrythe Primary School£14,039
#2Wallington Primary Academy£10,746
#3Muschamp Primary School and Language Opportunity Base£9,473
#4Wood Field Primary School£8,981
#5Dorchester Primary School£7,718
#6Tweeddale Primary School£7,561
#7Avenue Primary Academy£7,548
#8Culvers House Primary School£7,243
#9Hackbridge Primary School£7,148
#10Manor Park Primary Academy£7,069
#11Rushy Meadow Primary Academy£6,986
#12Cheam Fields Primary Academy£6,963
#13Devonshire Primary School£6,952
#14High View Primary School£6,779
#15Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy£6,737
#16Bandon Hill Primary School£6,736
#17Green Lane Primary and Nursery School£6,673
#18Brookfield Primary Academy£6,670
#19Westbourne Primary School£6,540
#20All Saints Benhilton CofE Primary School£6,520
#21St Dunstan's Cheam CofE Primary School£6,483
#22All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School£6,456
#23Abbey Primary School£6,404
#24Cuddington Croft Primary School and Nursery£6,044
#25Barrow Hedges Primary School£5,602
#26Beddington Park Academy£5,169

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)

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