Primary · SM4 · Merton

Malmesbury Primary School

Malmesbury Road, Morden, SM4 6HG

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance95.2%
Attainment70% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils347

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (May 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management and early years good. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SM4. Where we have them, council (Merton) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
347
Free school meals
41.9%
12.5% above district average (29.4%)

Also: Merton 23.2% · England 24.7%

SEN
20.7%
9.4% below district average (30.1%)

Also: Merton 18.4% · England 18.2%

EAL
36.5%
3.6% below district average (40.1%)
Attendance
95.2%
0.3% below district average (95.5%)

Also: Merton 95.1% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
11.5%
Attainment
70% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SM4 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2196.1%
  • 2021/2293%
  • 2022/2392.8%
  • 2023/2494.2%
  • 2024/2592.8%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/2354%
  • 2023/2470%
  • 2024/2570%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
524
Pupils on roll
347

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Merton page.

SEN support

SEN %
20.7%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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