Cranmer 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.
Cranmer Primary School is a primary school in Mitcham, Merton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 November 2023. Merton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Cranmer 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | 1.01 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.85 mi |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place for 2026, though places ran out (a last distance was published) in 2 of the 7 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 45 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 43% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Merton.
- There were 14.1 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 19.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Merton.
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
- Cranmer Road, Mitcham, CR4 4XU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Merton
- Pupils on roll
- 430 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this kind and caring school.”
- “They appreciate the large school grounds and extensive playing fields.”
- “Pupils are confident that they can talk to an adult in school if they are worried about anything.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, the school is continuing to develop its curricular thinking.”
- “In these subjects, a framework to assess pupils’ progress through the curriculum is not fully developed.”
- “This means that the school is still developing a clearer oversight of pupils’ learning in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 December 2023 (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) | 43% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 40 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.
- St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Benedict Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mark's Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bond Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Liberty Primary 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Haslemere Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published