Cheam Common Infants' Academy
Primary · Worcester Park · KT4 8SS
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 12 May 2026 · report published 21 June 2026
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410 pupils · 96% of 427 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 5.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 44.7% of pupils
- SEN support
- 13.1% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.2% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.cheamcommoninfants.com
- URN
- 145481
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.09 first-choice applications per place120 places offered · 131 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1006.55 m (≈0.63 mi)
measured in a straight line.
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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
64% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 30% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 12 May 2026: Strong standard
- 26 April 2022: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.