Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Carshalton, Sutton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.37 miles
2026 · Published by London Borough of Sutton · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rushy Meadow Primary Academy is a primary school in Carshalton, Sutton for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 June 2025. Sutton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Rushy Meadow Primary Academy 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 | 2.37 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 2.37 miles from the school.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2 of the 3 years with a published outcome, from 2024 to 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 27 first-choice applications for 31 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 61% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sutton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Rushy Meadow Lane, Fellowes Road, Carshalton, SM5 2SG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sutton
- Pupils on roll
- 388 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to this school.”
- “They feel safe and well cared for.”
- “Pupils say that they know who to talk to if they are worried or upset.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, however, teaching gives pupils too much subjectrelated information to comprehend in one go.”
- “When this happens, in some instances, pupils find it difficult to process and retain new learning.”
- “However, the curriculum has not, at present, helped some younger pupils at the school to be fluent enough in their handwriting.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 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) | 61% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 27 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 Sutton.
- Muschamp Primary School and Language Opportunity Base 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harris Junior Academy Carshalton 0.4 mi Not judged
- Victor Seymour Infants' School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Infants School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's RC Junior School 0.7 mi Improved significantly
- Hackbridge Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Tweeddale Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Culvers House Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published