Links Primary School

Merton · SW17 9EH

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 290 pupils, 40.7% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Links Primary School

General Information

Address: Frinton Road, London, SW17 9EH – View on map
Phone: 02087694587
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Martin Roughley
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 26 families put it first for 30 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 3 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

290 pupils out of 524 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 105
% eligible for free school meals: 40.7%
Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Merton average)
English as an additional language: 61% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 21% a year (Merton 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 57% moved to another school, 43% 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 Merton: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 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 Merton, 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: 6.0%
Persistently absent pupils: 19.1%
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: 13.1%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.1%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 26 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 5 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 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

Ofsted report card February 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
Achievement Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
Early years Expected standard
Leadership and governance Expected standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 53% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 17 percentage points below the Merton average (70%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 50% against an expected 62%)
3-year average (expected standard): 50%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 73% · Writing 63% · Maths 70% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 65%
Average test scores: reading 104, maths 103
Based on: 40 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 schoolMerton 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 17 percentage points below the Merton average (70%).

Year 6 SATs: 40th of 42 junior and primary schools in the area

#38Abbotsbury Primary School58%
#39Haslemere Primary School56%
#40Links Primary School53%
#41Cranmer Primary School43%
#42Bond Primary School38%

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

#1Park Academy94%
=2Benedict Academy93%
=2Merton Park Primary School93%
#4Aragon Primary School85%
=5Hollymount School84%
=5Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School84%
#7Wimbledon Chase Primary School80%
#8St Mark's Primary School79%
=9Bishop Gilpin CofE Primary School78%
=9Harris Primary Academy Merton78%
#11St Teresa's Catholic Primary School77%
=12Pelham Primary School76%
=12St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School76%
=14Dundonald Primary School75%
=14Holy Trinity CofE Primary School75%
=14St Mary's Catholic Primary School75%
=14Wimbledon Park Primary School75%
=18Garfield Primary School74%
=18Singlegate Primary School74%
=18St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School74%
#21Beecholme Primary School72%
=22Malmesbury Primary School70%
=22Poplar Primary School70%
=22The Priory CofE School70%
#25All Saints' CofE Primary School69%
=26Hillcross Primary School68%
=26Lonesome Primary School68%
=28Merton Abbey Primary School67%
=28William Morris Primary School67%
#30Morden Primary School65%
=31Liberty Primary64%
=31The Sherwood School64%
=31West Wimbledon Primary School64%
=34Hatfeild Primary School63%
=34Joseph Hood Primary School63%
=34St Matthew's CofE Primary School63%
#37Gorringe Park Primary School59%
#38Abbotsbury Primary School58%
#39Haslemere Primary School56%
#40Links Primary School53%
#41Cranmer Primary School43%
#42Bond Primary School38%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £9,121 (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.

10th of 43 primary schools in Merton for spending per pupil

#8Lonesome Primary School£9,434
#9Bond Primary School£9,140
#10Links Primary School£9,121
#11Beecholme Primary School£9,055
#12Garfield Primary School£9,030

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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

#1West Wimbledon Primary School£13,060
#2The Priory CofE School£11,145
#3Cranmer Primary School£10,709
#4Merton Abbey Primary School£10,584
#5Hatfeild Primary School£9,716
#6Haslemere Primary School£9,676
#7Pelham Primary School£9,462
#8Lonesome Primary School£9,434
#9Bond Primary School£9,140
#10Links Primary School£9,121
#11Beecholme Primary School£9,055
#12Garfield Primary School£9,030
#13The Sherwood School£8,897
#14William Morris Primary School£8,853
#15St Mark's Primary School£8,807
#16Morden Primary School£8,805
#17Malmesbury Primary School£8,799
#18All Saints' CofE Primary School£8,569
#19Joseph Hood Primary School£8,419
#20Merton Park Primary School£8,319
#21Liberty Primary£8,298
#22Harris Primary Academy Merton£8,272
#23Abbotsbury Primary School£8,264
#24St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School£8,197
#25Poplar Primary School£8,041
#26Wimbledon Chase Primary School£7,809
#27Bishop Gilpin CofE Primary School£7,743
#28St Mary's Catholic Primary School£7,689
#29St Matthew's CofE Primary School£7,628
#30Holy Trinity CofE Primary School£7,626
#31Hollymount School£7,534
#32Wimbledon Park Primary School£7,449
#33Hillcross Primary School£7,395
#34Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School£7,170
#35Dundonald Primary School£7,151
#36St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School£7,130
#37St Teresa's Catholic Primary School£7,126
#38Gorringe Park Primary School£6,891
#39Singlegate Primary School£6,816
#40Park Academy£6,575
#41Aragon Primary School£6,432
#42Benedict Academy£6,199
#43St John Fisher RC Primary School£4,156

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

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