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Park Academy

Merton · SW19 3EF

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 160 pupils, 31.3% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted: Outstanding

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Park Academy

General Information

Address: 200 Dorset Road, London, SW19 3EF – View on map
Phone: 02085423365
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Stefan Johnson
Age range: 4-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

160 pupils out of 210 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 50
% eligible for free school meals: 31.3%
Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Merton average)
English as an additional language: 51% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 17.8% a year (Merton 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 44% moved to another school, 56% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

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: 4.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 10.9%
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: 20.0%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 12 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 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

Outstanding 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 94% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 44% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 24 percentage points above the Merton average (70%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 87% against an expected 64%)
3-year average (expected standard): 87%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 94% · Writing 94% · Maths 94% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 94%
Average test scores: reading 114, maths 113
Based on: 16 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↗ Improving Up 15 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 24 percentage points above the Merton average (70%).

Year 6 SATs: 1st of 42 junior and primary schools in the area

#1Park Academy94%
=2Benedict Academy93%
=2Merton Park Primary School93%

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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%

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4th of 30 primary schools in Merton for Ofsted rating

#2Harris Primary Academy MertonOutstanding
#3Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Park AcademyOutstanding
#5Singlegate Primary SchoolOutstanding
#6Wimbledon Park Primary SchoolOutstanding

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Bishop Gilpin CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Harris Primary Academy MertonOutstanding
#3Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Park AcademyOutstanding
#5Singlegate Primary SchoolOutstanding
#6Wimbledon Park Primary SchoolOutstanding
#7Abbotsbury Primary SchoolGood
#8All Saints' CofE Primary SchoolGood
#9Cranmer Primary SchoolGood
#10Dundonald Primary SchoolGood
#11Gorringe Park Primary SchoolGood
#12Haslemere Primary SchoolGood
#13Hillcross Primary SchoolGood
#14Hollymount SchoolGood
#15Joseph Hood Primary SchoolGood
#16Liberty PrimaryGood
#17Merton Abbey Primary SchoolGood
#18Morden Primary SchoolGood
#19Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#20St John Fisher RC Primary SchoolGood
#21St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#22St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#23St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#24St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#25St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#26The Priory CofE SchoolGood
#27The Sherwood SchoolGood
#28West Wimbledon Primary SchoolGood
#29William Morris Primary SchoolGood
#30Wimbledon Chase Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,575 (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.

40th of 43 primary schools in Merton for spending per pupil

#38Gorringe Park Primary School£6,891
#39Singlegate Primary School£6,816
#40Park Academy£6,575
#41Aragon Primary School£6,432
#42Benedict Academy£6,199

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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

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