St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Morden
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Teresa's is a caring Catholic school where pupils feel safe and supported. The leadership team works tirelessly to help all children progress, with particularly strong support for those who need extra help. Teachers receive excellent training and guidance to maintain consistently good quality teaching, and the new approaches to mathematics and reading are already making a real difference to how well children learn.
Key Strengths
- Strong leadership team that monitors teaching quality effectively and develops other leaders
- Good progress for most pupils, with effective support systems for those falling behind
- Well-established new mathematics scheme improving attainment and reasoning skills
- Successful new reading scheme promoting pupil enjoyment and frequent reading
- High attendance rates and pupils feeling safe and cared for
Areas for Improvement
- Most able pupils need greater challenge in lessons to reach their full potential
- Challenge levels sometimes too easy, with pupils ready to progress to more complex tasks sooner
- Progress of most able disadvantaged pupils and those from lower attainment in reading and mathematics not as high as it could be
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective, with detailed records, up-to-date staff training, required checks on staff, close family communication and strong working relationships with outside agencies.
Extracurricular Activities
Intervention groups before and after school, emotional literacy sessions, parent workshops on curriculum areas
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School continues to be good, with strong leadership maintaining quality education and good pupil progress across the school. The school's Roman Catholic values of love, trust, teamwork and ambition are embedded in all aspects of school life.
At a Glance
16.8%
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 remained stable at around 95%. Maths has remained stable at around 97%. Writing has declined from 82% to 77%.
Class Sizes
28.4
Avg class size
29.0
Infant (KS1)
30.5
KS2
15
Total classes
5 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
95%
Near capacity
485 pupils
510 capacity
25 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Morden
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Morden
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)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.38609%
Overall absence
5.94595%
Persistent absence
370
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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