School admissions in Mitcham
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
15 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mark's Primary School | 1.28 | 29 | 714.37 m (≈0.44 mi) |
| Harris Primary Academy Merton | 1.10 | 60 | not published |
| Beecholme Primary School | 1.00 | 17 | 484.97 m (≈0.30 mi) |
| Culvers House Primary School | 0.98 | 59 | 1800.4 m (≈1.12 mi) |
| Gorringe Park Primary School | 0.96 | 49 | 886.91 m (≈0.55 mi) |
| Liberty Primary | 0.96 | 46 | 1425.23 m (≈0.89 mi) |
| Lonesome Primary School | 0.95 | 22 | 404 m (≈0.25 mi) |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School | 0.93 | 46 | not published |
| St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School | 0.93 | 29 | not published |
| Benedict Academy | 0.93 | 28 | not published |
| William Morris Primary School | 0.89 | 28 | 594.05 m (≈0.37 mi) |
| Cranmer Primary School | 0.89 | 45 | 1627.11 m (≈1.01 mi) |
| Haslemere Primary School | 0.89 | 27 | 546.32 m (≈0.34 mi) |
| The Sherwood School | 0.86 | 21 | 731.46 m (≈0.45 mi) |
| Bond Primary School | 0.67 | 15 | 784.76 m (≈0.49 mi) |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.