Bond Primary School
Bond Road, Mitcham, CR4 3HG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Michelle Bennett
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 430
- Pupils on roll
- 232
- URN
- 102626
- Local authority
- Merton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086488757
About this school
Bond Primary School is a community primary school in Mitcham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 232 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Bond Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 52 | 42 | 42 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 40% | 55% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 7% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 79% | 60% |
| Expected standard in maths | 54% | 69% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 76% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bond Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Merton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 62.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 38% | 69.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 363 |
| 2023/24 | 317 |
| 2024/25 | 289 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bond Primary School compares
Bond Primary School ranked 42nd of 42 primary schools in Merton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38% | 6.4% | 42.1% | 232 | — |
| Liberty Primary | 64% | 7% | 37.2% | 446 | 0.2 miles |
| St Mark's Primary School | 79% | 5% | 41.3% | 225 | 0.2 miles |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School | 74% | 4.9% | 35.6% | 408 | 0.4 miles |
| Gorringe Park Primary School | 59% | 4.9% | 27.5% | 434 | 0.5 miles |
| St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School | 76% | 3.5% | 25.7% | 241 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.13%
- English as an additional language
- 68.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.38%
- Persistent absence
- 20%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Liberty Primary0.2 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
St Mark's Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
Gorringe Park Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Mitcham
Other schools in Mitcham
Bond Primary School ranks 15th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Mitcham.
- Beecholme Primary School Primary
- Benedict Academy Primary
- Cranmer Primary School Primary
- Culvers House Primary School Primary
- Gorringe Park Primary School Primary
- Harris Primary Academy Merton Primary
- Haslemere Primary School Primary
- Liberty Primary Primary
- Lonesome Primary School Primary
- St Mark's Primary School Primary
- St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Bond Primary School teach?
- Bond Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Mitcham.
- Who is the headteacher of Bond Primary School?
- The headteacher of Bond Primary School is Miss Michelle Bennett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Bond Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bond Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Bond Primary School?
- Bond Primary School has 232 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Bond Primary School full?
- Bond Primary School has capacity for 430 pupils and 232 on roll (54%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bond Primary School a faith school?
- No. Bond Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Bond Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Bond Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Bond Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 40% in 2022/23 and 38% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bond Primary School compare with other schools in Merton?
- Bond Primary School ranked 42nd of 42 primary schools in Merton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bond Primary School's absence rate?
- Bond Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bond Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bond Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.