Lonesome Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Mitcham, Merton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Merton · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Lonesome Primary School is a primary school in Mitcham, Merton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. Merton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Lonesome Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 0.25 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 54.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 38.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Merton.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out (a last distance was published) in 1 of the 7 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 21 first-choice applications for 22 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 18th highest of 43 Merton primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Merton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Grove Road, Mitcham, CR4 1SD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Merton
- Pupils on roll
- 273 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are well cared for at this school.”
- “Staff at all levels know the pupils very well.”
- “The support they provide is carefully tailored to help every pupil feel valued.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, however, teaching uses resources that contain too much information at once.”
- “This makes it harder for pupils to focus on the key concepts and ideas that they are expected to learn and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 68% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 21 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 21 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Merton.
- Beecholme Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Gorringe Park Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mark's Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bond Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Links Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harris Primary Academy Merton 0.8 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- The Sherwood School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published