St Mary's RC Infants School, Carshalton
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This caring school creates a happy environment where children feel safe and enjoy learning. Reading is a real strength thanks to close partnerships with parents. All pupils, regardless of background or additional needs, make good progress and no one falls behind.
Key Strengths
- Reading is a particular strength with strong parent involvement and excellent phonics results in Year 1
- Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is very well supported, reflected in good behaviour
- All groups make similar progress with no group falling behind, showing effective equality practice
- Good quality teaching overall enables all pupils to progress well from their starting points
- Strong leadership that has set up effective systems to check pupils' progress and observe teaching
Areas for Improvement
- Occasionally the pace of learning is too slow and time is wasted in lessons
- Teachers sometimes do too much that pupils could do for themselves, limiting opportunities for independent discovery
- Pupils need to be given more exciting and stimulating topics to spark curiosity about the world
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - all parents agreed their children are safe and well looked after, pupils feel safe and understand how to keep themselves safe.
St Mary's RC Infants School is a good school that is caring and popular with parents, pupils and staff. Pupils feel safe, happy and achieve well with attainment well above average.
At a Glance
1.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
26.1
Avg class size
28.2
Infant (KS1)
11
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
284 pupils
322 capacity
38 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Carshalton
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Carshalton
Admissions Demand - Sutton
Places available
2,439
Applications
2,209
Got 1st preference
91.7%
Got preferred school
99.0%
Primary admissions across Sutton (2025/26)
Inspection History(106)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.78076%
Overall absence
6.59341%
Persistent absence
182
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
St Mary's RC Infants School
St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls
Carshalton High School for Girls
Wallington County Grammar School
Carshalton Boys Sports College
Greenshaw High School
Sutton Grammar School
Wandle Valley Academy
Grove Road School
Sutton Tuition and Reintegration Service
Sutton High School GDST
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