Malmesbury Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Morden, Merton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.43 miles
Published by London Borough of Merton · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Malmesbury Primary School is a primary school in Morden, Merton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 March 2025. Merton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Malmesbury 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 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.56 mi |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 0.64 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
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 0.43 miles, the 5th shortest of 13 Merton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.53 miles).
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 5 of the 8 years with published outcomes; the 2026 distance was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% 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
- Malmesbury Road, Morden, SM4 6HG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Merton
- Pupils on roll
- 347 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 March 2025
Strengths
- “Malmesbury Primary is a warm and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils enjoy their learning and are safe here.”
- “They know that there are adults to speak to if they need additional help.”
To improve
- “While staff model this well, pupils do not consistently use ambitious vocabulary themselves or give longer, sustained responses in discussions.”
- “However, this is not sustained as pupils advance through the school.”
- “This is particularly the case when older pupils write in subjects other than English, as the same high standards for writing are not applied consistently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 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) | 70% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 28 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 Teresa's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Abbotsbury Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Morden Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Benedict Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cranmer Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Poplar Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hillcross Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published