St Matthew's CofE Primary School

Cottenham Park Road, London, SW20 0SX

207 pupils · 88% of 236 capacity

Phase
Primary
Type
Voluntary aided school
Ages
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Merton
Free school meals
9.5%

Ofsted

Good (2023)Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 22 March 2023, published 18 May 2023. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths63%
Reaching the higher standard16%

Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available 0.73 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry30229330
Sept 2025 entry302410030
Sept 2024 entry302911730
Sept 2023 entry30229230
Sept 2022 entry28147422
Sept 2021 entry302611230
Sept 2020 entry29208929
Sept 2019 entry302312030

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.

Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.