West Wimbledon Primary School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 22 September 2026 inspection grades West Wimbledon Primary School on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders have a thorough understanding of children's needs in the early years."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders ensure that the systems and structures for inclusion are consistently embedded."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have carefully designed a well-organised personal development provision that helps pupils become confident and articulate and strengthens their communication skills."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils' results in national tests at the end of key stage 2 are broadly in line with national averages."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders possess a thorough understanding of attendance and have refined their strategies to improve pupils' attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders clearly understand the curriculum's strengths and areas for development."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have created a highly inclusive school environment by seamlessly integrating the resource provision, ‘Treetops', into a unified school community."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that teachers implement the curriculum consistently in all subjects, so that pupils build deeper knowledge across the curriculum"; "Leaders should sharpen their attendance strategies for disadvantaged pupils so that these pupils attend regularly and their attendance improves consistently over time".

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at West Wimbledon Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 74% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 85% and 83% in Merton and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 71% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put West Wimbledon Primary School as their first choice and 90 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to West Wimbledon Primary School are Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 87% reading, 94% maths); Hollymount School (0.6 miles, Good, 97% reading, 97% maths); Burlington Infant and Nursery School (0.7 miles, Outstanding); and Burlington Junior School (0.7 miles, Good, 82% reading, 84% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than West Wimbledon Primary School.

46.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (30%), Asian (21%) and Mixed (15%).

In 2026, 20 pupils (7.7%) received SEN support and 55 (21.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

West Wimbledon Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 54 places, 45 pupils on roll.

West Wimbledon Primary School had 24 teachers in 2026, one for every 11 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Raynes Park, about 560 metres away (roughly a 7-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Trafalgar Court, 80 metres away.

In 2024/25, West Wimbledon Primary School issued 10 suspensions, 3.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to West Wimbledon Primary School are Raynes Park High School (0.2 miles), Coombe Boys' School (0.9 miles), Ursuline High School Wimbledon (0.9 miles) and Wimbledon College (1.1 miles).