Cheam Common Junior Academy
Kingsmead Avenue, Worcester Park, KT4 8UT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LEO ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Sophie Gunner
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- LEO Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Sutton and Cheam
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 330
- Pupils on roll
- 512
- URN
- 142398
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02083371844
About this school
Cheam Common Junior Academy is a primary academy in Worcester Park. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 512 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 9 February 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good and saw signs of improvement; a full inspection will follow. 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 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 128 | 120 | 126 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 86% | 90% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 33% | 33% | 36% |
| Expected standard in reading | 90% | 93% | 96% |
| Expected standard in maths | 97% | 93% | 96% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 90% | 94% | 96% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 111.0 | 112.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111.0 | 112.0 | 114.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.60 | - | - |
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 Cheam Common Junior 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 | 83% | 63.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 86% | 64.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 90% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 504 |
| 2023/24 | 498 |
| 2024/25 | 510 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cheam Common Junior Academy compares
Cheam Common Junior Academy ranked 2nd of 31 primary schools in Sutton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 90% | 3.8% | 8.6% | 512 | — |
| Cheam Common Infants' Academy | — | 4.6% | 5.9% | 410 | 0.0 miles |
| Dorchester Primary School | 67% | 5.7% | 18.6% | 472 | 0.4 miles |
| Meadow Primary School | 72% | 4.1% | 8.8% | 585 | 0.7 miles |
| The Mead Infant and Nursery School | — | 3.6% | 5% | 292 | 0.7 miles |
| St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 465 | 0.7 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)
- 8.63%
- English as an additional language
- 38.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.79%
- Persistent absence
- 5.95%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cheam Common Infants' Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Worcester Park
-
Dorchester Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Worcester Park
-
Meadow Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Epsom
-
The Mead Infant and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Epsom
-
St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Sutton
Other schools in Worcester Park
Cheam Common Junior Academy ranks 1st of the 5 ranked primary schools in Worcester Park.
- Cheam Common Infants' Academy Primary
- Cuddington Community Primary School Primary
- Dorchester Primary School Primary
- Green Lane Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Malden Parochial CofE Primary School Primary
- Linden Bridge School Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Cheam Common Junior Academy teach?
- Cheam Common Junior Academy teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Worcester Park.
- Who is the headteacher of Cheam Common Junior Academy?
- The headteacher of Cheam Common Junior Academy is Miss Sophie Gunner, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cheam Common Junior Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cheam Common Junior Academy, 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 Cheam Common Junior Academy?
- Cheam Common Junior Academy has 512 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Cheam Common Junior Academy full?
- Cheam Common Junior Academy has capacity for 330 pupils and 512 on roll (155%), 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 Cheam Common Junior Academy a faith school?
- No. Cheam Common Junior Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Cheam Common Junior Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Cheam Common Junior Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Cheam Common Junior Academy?
- Cheam Common Junior Academy is part of LEO ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cheam Common Junior Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 90% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cheam Common Junior Academy rank locally?
- Cheam Common Junior Academy ranked 2nd of 31 primary schools in Sutton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 89% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cheam Common Junior Academy's absence rate?
- Cheam Common Junior Academy's overall absence rate is 3.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cheam Common Junior Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cheam Common Junior 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 2 July 2026.