Carew Academy
33 Headley Avenue, Wallington, SM6 8NQ
This school is closed (it closed in April 2025).
It was replaced by Carew Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Principal
- Mr James Kearns
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Carshalton and Wallington
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 230
- Pupils on roll
- 243
- URN
- 139722
- Local authority
- Sutton
About this school
Carew Academy was a special academy in Wallington. It taught children aged 7 to 18 and had 243 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Carew Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2013, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| 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 | -18.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -17.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -18.70 | - | - |
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 | 39 | 33 | 39 |
| Attainment 8 score | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
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 Carew Academy 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 | 0% | 63.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 64.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Sutton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 2.6 | 47.4 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 1.6 | 46.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 2.5 | 47.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 247 |
| 2023/24 | 246 |
| 2024/25 | 243 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 61%
- English as an additional language
- 11.1%
- Overall absence
- 10.06%
- Persistent absence
- 31.03%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Carew Academy0.0 miles
Free Schools · Wallington
-
The Link School0.3 miles
Academies · Croydon
-
Sherwood Foundation School0.7 miles
Special schools · Wallington
-
The Write Time0.7 miles
Special schools · London
-
St Giles School1.0 miles
Special schools · South Croydon
Other schools in Wallington
- Carew Academy Free Schools
- JUS Education Special schools
- Sherwood Foundation School Special schools
- Bandon Hill Primary School Primary
- Beddington Infants' School Primary
- Foresters Primary School Primary
- Hackbridge Primary School Primary
- High View Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Junior School Primary
- St Elphege's RC Infants' School Primary
- St Elphege's RC Junior School Primary
- Wallington Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Carew Academy teach?
- Carew Academy taught children aged 7 to 18. It was a special school in Wallington.
- Has Carew Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Carew Academy under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Carew Academy?
- Carew Academy had 243 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 18.
- How have Carew Academy'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 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Carew Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Carew Academy'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 9 July 2025.