Community school · Primary
Mitcham · CR4 2LF · Merton
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 133774
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
Voluntary aided school · Mitcham · CR4 1YG
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
408
Local authority
Merton
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 3–11, in Mitcham, Merton, 408 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 32.9%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Southwark.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 133774
Location
- Address
- 53 Commonside East
- Postcode
- CR4 1YG
- Town
- Mitcham
- County
- Surrey
- Local authority
- Merton
- District
- Merton
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 408
- Boys / girls
- 205 / 203
- School capacity
- 480
- Capacity fill
- 408 / 480 (85%)
- Free school meals
- 32.9%
- FSM pupils
- 125
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Southwark
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Marie Tucker
- Telephone
- 02086480869
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-05-04
- 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 from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 62%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 1%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0