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Heathmere Primary School

Primary · London · SW15 4LJ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 12 November 2024

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At a glance

234 pupils · 67% of 351 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
68.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
60.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
21.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.heathmereprimary.org/
URN
101029

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 16 Reception places, 0.94 first choices per place. We hold 17 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2009 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 12 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.94 first-choice applications per place

16 places offered · 15 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

40 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
65%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school65%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
Wandsworth average70%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Scholastica's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayGood61%
Grange Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood67%
St Thomas' CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayOutstanding60%
Mandeville Primary SchoolLondon · 12 miles awayOutstanding78%
Marlborough Road AcademySalford · 165 miles awayGood45%
Welsh House Farm Community School and Special Needs Resources BaseBirmingham · 101 miles awayGood32%
Medlock Valley Primary SchoolOldham · 163 miles awayGood48%
Friarage Community AcademyScarborough · 196 miles awayRequires improvement51%
St Lawrence's Catholic Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 250 miles awayGood77%
Benedict AcademyMitcham · 4 miles awayOutstanding93%
Mossbourne Parkside AcademyLondon · 11 miles awayExpected standard86%
St Hugh's CofE Primary SchoolOldham · 163 miles awayNeeds attention50%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 23% (Wandsworth 10%, England 5%) · Asian Pakistani 20% (Wandsworth 7%, England 5%) · White British 13% (Wandsworth 28%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 11% (Wandsworth 7%, England 3%) · Any other White background 11% (Wandsworth 16%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Wandsworth 5%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Wandsworth 5%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 4% (Wandsworth 3%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Wandsworth 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Wandsworth 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Wandsworth 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Wandsworth 4%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Wandsworth: 1.06 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school · 17% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

44.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £64,056; 26.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£13,756
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 66% (76%) · premises 14% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £106,148; in-year balance -£20,008

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19%18.1%
In managerial or professional work19.7%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways32.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier14.3%62.3%
Social housing61.8%17.1%
Privately rented23.6%20.5%
Detached houses1%22.9%
Flats95.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van55.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004570 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£450,000148 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£329,000–£600,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£2,575,000
Terraced (26)£615,000
Flat (109)£385,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
15an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
67an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
12an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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