St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, MITCHAM
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Peter and Paul welcomes families from all backgrounds and creates a caring community where children behave well and feel secure. The school does excellent work in the Early Years, helping young children progress well despite starting with below-average skills. Children enjoy learning and benefit from a wide range of clubs and visits throughout the year.
Key Strengths
- Welcoming community where pupils from all backgrounds get on well together with good provision for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
- Pupils behave well, feel safe, and enjoy school with good attitudes to learning
- Children in Early Years Foundation Stage make good progress from low starting points
- Strong systems in place to ensure pupil behaviour and safety
Areas for Improvement
- Too few pupils make good progress from their individual starting points across both key stages
- Expectations of what pupils can achieve are not high enough, particularly for more able pupils
- Teachers' marking does not clearly explain what pupils need to do to improve, and pupils lack time to act on feedback
- Subject leaders lack skills to effectively monitor progress and tackle inconsistencies
- Leadership plans are not clear enough to measure progress effectively
Safeguarding
The school's work to keep pupils safe and secure is good, with parents reporting that their children feel safe at school.
Extracurricular Activities
clubs, visits
St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School is a larger than average primary school serving a diverse community with a high proportion of pupils learning English as an additional language. The school requires improvement as pupil progress remains too variable and teaching quality needs to be strengthened.
At a Glance
24.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 81% to 91%. Maths has improved from 84% to 91%. Writing has remained stable at around 79%.
Class Sizes
21.9
Avg class size
24.7
Infant (KS1)
27.7
KS2
8
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
57%
Available places
241 pupils
420 capacity
179 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - MITCHAM
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for MITCHAM
Admissions Demand - Merton
Places available
2,129
Applications
2,081
Got 1st preference
87.0%
Got preferred school
97.6%
Primary admissions across Merton (2025/26)
Inspection History(108)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
The school's pupil mix - ethnicity breakdown, free school meals eligibility, and English as an additional language. Useful context when evaluating school fit.
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
3.46969%
Overall absence
6.37255%
Persistent absence
204
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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