St Mark's Primary School
St Mark's Road, Mitcham, CR4 2LF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ania Kennedy
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 286
- Pupils on roll
- 225
- URN
- 102645
- Local authority
- Merton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086482339
About this school
St Mark's Primary School is a community primary school in Mitcham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 225 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected St Mark's 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 76% | 79% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 10% | 18% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 97% | 96% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 90% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 93% | 96% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 111.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 110.0 | 111.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.90 | - | - |
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 St Mark's 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 | 70% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 62.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 79% | 69.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 235 |
| 2023/24 | 235 |
| 2024/25 | 223 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Mark's Primary School compares
St Mark's Primary School ranked 8th of 42 primary schools in Merton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 79% | 5% | 41.3% | 225 | — |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School | 74% | 4.9% | 35.6% | 408 | 0.2 miles |
| Bond Primary School | 38% | 6.4% | 42.1% | 232 | 0.2 miles |
| Liberty Primary | 64% | 7% | 37.2% | 446 | 0.4 miles |
| Gorringe Park Primary School | 59% | 4.9% | 27.5% | 434 | 0.4 miles |
| St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School | 76% | 3.5% | 25.7% | 241 | 0.5 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)
- 41.29%
- English as an additional language
- 75.8%
- Overall absence
- 5%
- Persistent absence
- 10.56%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
Bond Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
Liberty Primary0.4 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
Gorringe Park Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Mitcham
Other schools in Mitcham
St Mark's Primary School ranks 2nd of the 15 ranked primary schools in Mitcham.
- Beecholme Primary School Primary
- Benedict Academy Primary
- Bond Primary School 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 Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does St Mark's Primary School teach?
- St Mark's Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Mitcham.
- Who is the headteacher of St Mark's Primary School?
- The headteacher of St Mark's Primary School is Mrs Ania Kennedy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has St Mark's Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Mark's 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 St Mark's Primary School?
- St Mark's Primary School has 225 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is St Mark's Primary School full?
- St Mark's Primary School has capacity for 286 pupils and 225 on roll (79%), 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 St Mark's Primary School a faith school?
- No. St Mark's Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does St Mark's Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records St Mark's Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have St Mark's Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 79% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does St Mark's Primary School compare with other schools in Merton?
- St Mark's Primary School ranked 8th of 42 primary schools in Merton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 86% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is St Mark's Primary School's absence rate?
- St Mark's Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are St Mark's Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St Mark's 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.