Benedict Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Mitcham · CR4 3BE · Merton
Ages 3–11
- KS280%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM64.6%
0.2 miles away
OpenOfsted: GoodURN 102697
Melrose School
Community special school · Mitcham/ Raynes Park · CR4 3BE
Ages 5–16 · 166 pupils · Merton
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
12.6
Overall absence
23.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-07-02
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-1.98
−20+2
Attainment 812.6
English & maths grade 5+13%
English & maths grade 4+13%
EBacc entry0%
EBacc APS: 1.2
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)0%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 95.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 87.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 94.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence23.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)61.2%
Unauthorised11.1%
- Authorised absence
- 12.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 21.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 121
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill105%
166 pupils · 158 places
- Pupils on roll
- 166
- Boys / girls
- 114 / 52
- School capacity
- 158
- Capacity fill
- 166 / 158 (105%)
- Free school meals
- 56.7%
- FSM pupils
- 93
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community special school
Age range
Ages 5–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
- Headteacher
- Ms Carla Chandler
Location
- Address
- Church Road/ Whatley Avenue
- Postcode
- CR4 3BE
- Town
- Mitcham/ Raynes Park
- County
- Surrey
- Local authority
- Merton
- District
- Merton
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 5–16, in Mitcham/ Raynes Park, Merton, 166 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 56.7%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Cricket Green School
Ofsted: School remains OutstandingCommunity special school
Mitcham · CR4 3AF · Merton
Ages 4–19
- KS20%
- Absence12.1%
- FSM57.3%
0.2 miles away
St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
MITCHAM · CR4 4LA · Merton
Ages 3–11
- KS271%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM24.6%
0.3 miles away
Cranmer Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Mitcham · CR4 4XU · Merton
Ages 3–11
- KS267%
- Absence6.7%
- FSM40.9%
0.5 miles away
Haslemere Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Mitcham · CR4 3PQ · Merton
Ages 2–11
- KS248%
- Absence7.4%
- FSM43.9%
0.5 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Carla Chandler
- Telephone
- 02086462620