Malmesbury Primary School
Malmesbury Road, Morden, SM4 6HG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Stephen Donegan
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 524
- Pupils on roll
- 347
- URN
- 132169
- Local authority
- Merton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086483561
About this school
Malmesbury Primary School is a community primary school in Morden. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 347 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Malmesbury 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 | 56 | 57 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 70% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 14% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 84% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 84% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 81% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
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 Malmesbury 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 | 54% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 62.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 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 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 434 |
| 2023/24 | 424 |
| 2024/25 | 381 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Malmesbury Primary School compares
Malmesbury Primary School ranked 23rd of 42 primary schools in Merton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 70% | 6.9% | 42.7% | 347 | — |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | 77% | 4.4% | 17.9% | 485 | 0.3 miles |
| Tweeddale Primary School | 48% | 8.6% | 48.5% | 376 | 0.4 miles |
| Green Wrythe Primary School | 46% | 7.1% | 38.1% | 268 | 0.4 miles |
| Abbey Primary School | 74% | 5.3% | 22.6% | 468 | 0.6 miles |
| Abbotsbury Primary School | 58% | 5.9% | 42.2% | 352 | 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)
- 42.69%
- English as an additional language
- 36.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.9%
- Persistent absence
- 19.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Morden
-
Tweeddale Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Carshalton
-
Green Wrythe Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Carshalton
-
Abbey Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Morden
-
Abbotsbury Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Morden
Other schools in Morden
Malmesbury Primary School ranks 4th of the 8 ranked primary schools in Morden.
- Abbey Primary School Primary
- Abbotsbury Primary School Primary
- Aragon Primary School Primary
- Hatfeild Primary School Primary
- Hillcross Primary School Primary
- Morden Primary School Primary
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Harris Academy Morden Secondary
- Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus Local authority maintained schools
- Perseid School Special schools
Common questions
- What ages does Malmesbury Primary School teach?
- Malmesbury Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Morden.
- Who is the headteacher of Malmesbury Primary School?
- The headteacher of Malmesbury Primary School is Mr Stephen Donegan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Malmesbury Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Malmesbury 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 Malmesbury Primary School?
- Malmesbury Primary School has 347 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Malmesbury Primary School full?
- Malmesbury Primary School has capacity for 524 pupils and 347 on roll (66%), 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 Malmesbury Primary School a faith school?
- No. Malmesbury Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Malmesbury Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Malmesbury Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Malmesbury Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Malmesbury Primary School compare with other schools in Merton?
- Malmesbury Primary School ranked 23rd of 42 primary schools in Merton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Malmesbury Primary School's absence rate?
- Malmesbury Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Malmesbury Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Malmesbury 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.