Culvers House Primary School
Orchard Avenue, Mitcham, CR4 4JH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Sutton Education Trust
- Head Teacher
- Mr Paul David
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Carshalton and Wallington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 446
- Pupils on roll
- 407
- URN
- 131103
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02082556199
About this school
Culvers House Primary School is a foundation primary school in Mitcham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 407 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 60 | 59 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 63% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 12% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 76% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 81% | 85% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 83% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
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 Culvers House 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 | Sutton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 63.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 64.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 442 |
| 2023/24 | 436 |
| 2024/25 | 410 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Culvers House Primary School compares
Culvers House Primary School ranked 13th of 31 primary schools in Sutton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 5.4% | 30% | 407 | — |
| Hackbridge Primary School | 71% | 5% | 20.5% | 809 | 0.2 miles |
| Muschamp Primary School and Language Opportunity Base | 79% | 5.2% | 27% | 574 | 0.6 miles |
| Rushy Meadow Primary Academy | 61% | 7.2% | 35.2% | 388 | 0.8 miles |
| Victor Seymour Infants' School | — | 5% | 15.3% | 326 | 0.8 miles |
| Harris Junior Academy Carshalton | 69% | 4.3% | 22.3% | 358 | 0.9 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)
- 30.03%
- English as an additional language
- 28.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.43%
- Persistent absence
- 15.32%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hackbridge Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Wallington
-
Muschamp Primary School and Language Opportunity Base0.6 miles
Primary · Carshalton
-
Rushy Meadow Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Carshalton
-
Victor Seymour Infants' School0.8 miles
Primary · Carshalton
-
Harris Junior Academy Carshalton0.9 miles
Primary · Carshalton
Other schools in Mitcham
Culvers House Primary School ranks 5th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Mitcham.
- Beecholme Primary School Primary
- Benedict Academy Primary
- Bond Primary School Primary
- Cranmer 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 year groups does Culvers House Primary School teach?
- Culvers House Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Mitcham.
- Who is the head teacher of Culvers House Primary School?
- The head teacher of Culvers House Primary School is Mr Paul David, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Culvers House Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Culvers House 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 Culvers House Primary School?
- Culvers House Primary School has 407 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Culvers House Primary School full?
- Culvers House Primary School has capacity for 446 pupils and 407 on roll (91%), 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 Culvers House Primary School a faith school?
- No. Culvers House Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Culvers House Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Culvers House Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Culvers House Primary School?
- Culvers House Primary School is part of Sutton Education Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Culvers House Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Culvers House Primary School rank locally?
- Culvers House Primary School ranked 13th of 31 primary schools in Sutton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Culvers House Primary School's absence rate?
- Culvers House Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Culvers House Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Culvers House 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 30 June 2026.