William Morris Primary School, Mitcham

Ofsted's report card from its 1 July 2026 inspection grades William Morris Primary School on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have extremely robust systems in place to support pupils to attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have an acute understanding of the strengths and priorities in curriculum and teaching."

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders are experts in providing high-quality education for children in the early years."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders are highly skilled and knowledgeable about supporting pupils with a broad range of barriers to their learning."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have a precise understanding of the strengths and areas of priority in the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The personal development programme is extremely well considered and highly bespoke to the pupils in the school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "During lessons, pupils demonstrate a very firm understanding of the foundations of literacy and numeracy."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that the developments in curriculum and teaching in mathematics continue to embed to ensure that the improvements evident in the pupils' knowledge and understanding feed through to national outcomes at the end of Year 6".

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

Results fell from 97% in reading and 72% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 25 families put William Morris Primary School as their first choice and 73 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 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 William Morris Primary School are Harris Primary Academy Merton (0.1 miles, Outstanding, 83% reading, 85% maths); The Sherwood School (0.4 miles, Good, 81% reading, 77% maths); Norbury Manor Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 58% reading, 82% maths); and Gonville Academy (0.7 miles, Good, 88% reading, 88% maths).

William Morris Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

41.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 51.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (31%), Asian (20%) and White British (16%).

William Morris Primary School had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Norbury, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Ivy Gardens, 100 metres away.

William Morris Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to William Morris Primary School are Harris Academy Merton (under 0.1 miles), Woodmansterne School (0.7 miles), The Archbishop Lanfranc Academy (0.8 miles) and St Mark's Church of England Academy (1 mile).