Links Primary School
Frinton Road, London, SW17 9EH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Interim Headteacher
- Mr Martin Roughley
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 524
- Pupils on roll
- 290
- URN
- 102635
- Local authority
- Merton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02087694587
About this school
Links Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 290 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 35 | 41 | 40 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 49% | 49% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 66% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 63% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 68% | 65% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.80 | - | - |
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 Links 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 | 49% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 49% | 62.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 69.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 364 |
| 2023/24 | 356 |
| 2024/25 | 322 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Links Primary School compares
Links Primary School ranked 40th of 42 primary schools in Merton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 6% | 41.3% | 290 | — |
| Furzedown Primary School | 68% | 5.3% | 15.6% | 400 | 0.2 miles |
| Penwortham Primary School | 72% | 3.3% | 17.5% | 675 | 0.4 miles |
| Beecholme Primary School | 72% | 5% | 38.7% | 155 | 0.5 miles |
| Gorringe Park Primary School | 59% | 4.9% | 27.5% | 434 | 0.5 miles |
| Tooting Primary School | 56% | 5.2% | 22.4% | 399 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.28%
- English as an additional language
- 60.2%
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistent absence
- 19.06%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Furzedown Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
-
Penwortham Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Beecholme Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
Gorringe Park Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
Tooting Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Links Primary School ranks 871st of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
- Abacus Belsize Primary School Primary
- Acton Gardens Primary School Primary
- Adamsrill Primary School Primary
- Addison Primary School Primary
- Ainslie Wood Primary School Primary
- Akiva School Primary
- Albemarle Primary School Primary
- Albion Primary School Primary
- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
- Aldersbrook Primary School Primary
- Alderwood Primary School Primary
- Alexander McLeod Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Links Primary School teach?
- Links Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the interim headteacher of Links Primary School?
- The interim headteacher of Links Primary School is Mr Martin Roughley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Links Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Links 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 big is Links Primary School?
- Links Primary School has 290 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Links Primary School full?
- Links Primary School has capacity for 524 pupils and 290 on roll (55%), 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 Links Primary School a faith school?
- No. Links Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Links Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Links Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Links Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 49% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Links Primary School rank locally?
- Links Primary School ranked 40th of 42 primary schools in Merton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Links Primary School's absence rate?
- Links Primary School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Links Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Links 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.