Cricket Green School
Lower Green West, Mitcham, CR4 3AF
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Celia Dawson
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, PD - Physical Disability, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 260
- Pupils on roll
- 267
- URN
- 102699
- Local authority
- Merton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086401177
About this school
Cricket Green School is a community special school in Mitcham. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 267 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 14 March 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Outstanding. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 14 | 17 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - |
| Reading progress | -8.30 | - |
| Writing progress | -7.60 | - |
| Maths progress | -8.20 | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 25 | 30 | 29 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | 0.3 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | 0.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cricket Green 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 | 0% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 62.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 69.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 246 |
| 2023/24 | 256 |
| 2024/25 | 263 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.28%
- English as an additional language
- 29.7%
- Overall absence
- 12.38%
- Persistent absence
- 33.95%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oak Tree Primary School0.1 miles
Independent schools · Mitcham
-
Melrose School0.2 miles
Special schools · Mitcham/ Raynes Park
-
RISE Education0.3 miles
Independent schools
-
Jus'T'Learn0.4 miles
Independent schools · Mitcham
-
Lavender Lodge School0.5 miles
Special schools · Mitcham
Other schools in Mitcham
- Lavender Lodge School Special schools
- 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 Mark's Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cricket Green School teach?
- Cricket Green School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is a special school in Mitcham.
- Who is the headteacher of Cricket Green School?
- The headteacher of Cricket Green School is Mrs Celia Dawson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cricket Green School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cricket Green 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 Cricket Green School?
- Cricket Green School has 267 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is Cricket Green School full?
- Cricket Green School has capacity for 260 pupils and 267 on roll (103%), so it is at or above 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 Cricket Green School a faith school?
- No. Cricket Green School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Cricket Green School have?
- The schools register lists Cricket Green School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Cricket Green School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Cricket Green School's absence rate?
- Cricket Green School's overall absence rate is 12.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cricket Green School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cricket Green 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.