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Cheam Common Junior Academy

Primary · Worcester Park · KT4 8UT

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 9 February 2024

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At a glance

512 pupils · 155% of 330 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
8.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
38.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.cheamcommon.org.uk
URN
142398

In figures

An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 9 February 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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: Year 3

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
90%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
36%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
112
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
114
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 school90%
Median of its 12 closest peers79%
Sutton average71%
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
Tyntesfield Primary SchoolSale · 166 miles awayOutstanding84%
Tetherdown Primary SchoolLondon · 15 miles awayGood73%
Bailey's Court Primary SchoolBristol · 100 miles awayGood65%
Leigh Academy BearstedMaidstone · 35 miles awayOutstanding75%
Whiteknights Primary SchoolReading · 31 miles awayGood95%
Weston Favell CofE Primary SchoolNorthampton · 66 miles awayOutstanding80%
Park Road Sale Primary SchoolSale · 167 miles awayOutstanding89%
Frithwood Primary SchoolNorthwood · 18 miles awayGood72%
St John's CofE Primary AcademyStafford · 127 miles awayGood (2019)67%
Harris Primary Academy ShortlandsBromley · 11 miles awayOutstanding78%
St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and NurseryMaidenhead · 24 miles awayOutstanding92%
Whitehouse Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · 52 miles awayGood (2019)83%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 38% (Sutton 37%, England 60%) · Asian Chinese 13% (Sutton 5%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 12% (Sutton 10%, England 4%) · Any other White background 10% (Sutton 11%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 7% (Sutton 8%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Sutton 5%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Sutton 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Sutton 3%, England 2%) · Black African 2% (Sutton 5%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Sutton 2%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Sutton 4%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Sutton 2%, 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)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.8%
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 · Sutton: 1.63 suspensions and 0.03 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
23.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

39.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.4 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 £52,590; 12% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,357
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (77%) · premises 11% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 16% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £310,000; in-year balance +£166,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier85.2%62.3%
Social housing7.1%17.1%
Privately rented7.7%20.5%
Detached houses20.1%22.9%
Flats8.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms39.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004122 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£560,000664 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£410,000–£675,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (43)£770,000
Semi-detached (213)£660,000
Terraced (261)£540,000
Flat (147)£315,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth 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
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
39an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an 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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