Cheam Fields Primary Academy
Stoughton Avenue, Cheam, Sutton, SM3 8PQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LEO ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Helen Shaw
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- LEO Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Sutton and Cheam
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 408
- Pupils on roll
- 471
- URN
- 143375
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086449055
About this school
Cheam Fields Primary Academy is a primary academy in Sutton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 471 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
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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- 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 | 93 | 61 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 87% | 87% | 84% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 25% | 27% |
| Expected standard in reading | 96% | 95% | 94% |
| Expected standard in maths | 97% | 90% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 94% | 92% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | 111.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111.0 | 111.0 | 111.0 |
| Reading progress | +4.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.70 | - | - |
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.
Trends over time
How Cheam Fields Primary 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 | 87% | 63.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 87% | 64.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 84% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 489 |
| 2023/24 | 466 |
| 2024/25 | 458 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cheam Fields Primary Academy compares
Cheam Fields Primary Academy ranked 4th of 31 primary schools in Sutton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 84% | 3.9% | 7.3% | 471 | — |
| St Dunstan's Cheam CofE Primary School | 73% | 4.4% | 8.8% | 349 | 0.6 miles |
| Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy | 79% | 4.3% | 6.2% | 916 | 0.7 miles |
| Meadow Primary School | 72% | 4.1% | 8.8% | 585 | 0.7 miles |
| Nonsuch Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.8 miles |
| Robin Hood Infants' School | — | 5.1% | 10.9% | 239 | 0.8 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)
- 7.29%
- English as an additional language
- 29.5%
- Overall absence
- 3.87%
- Persistent absence
- 6.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Dunstan's Cheam CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Sutton
-
Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Sutton
-
Meadow Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Epsom
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Nonsuch Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Epsom
-
Robin Hood Infants' School0.8 miles
Primary · Sutton
Other schools in Sutton
Cheam Fields Primary Academy ranks 4th of the 11 ranked primary schools in Sutton.
- All Saints Benhilton CofE Primary School Primary
- Avenue Primary Academy Primary
- Brookfield Primary Academy Primary
- Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy Primary
- Cuddington Croft Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Devonshire Primary School Primary
- Manor Park Primary Academy Primary
- Robin Hood Infants' School Primary
- Robin Hood Junior School Primary
- St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Dunstan's Cheam CofE Primary School Primary
- Sutton CofE VA Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cheam Fields Primary Academy teach?
- Cheam Fields Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Sutton.
- Who is the headteacher of Cheam Fields Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Cheam Fields Primary Academy is Miss Helen Shaw, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cheam Fields Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cheam Fields Primary 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 Fields Primary Academy?
- Cheam Fields Primary Academy has 471 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cheam Fields Primary Academy full?
- Cheam Fields Primary Academy has capacity for 408 pupils and 471 on roll (115%), 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 Fields Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Cheam Fields Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Cheam Fields Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cheam Fields Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Cheam Fields Primary Academy?
- Cheam Fields Primary 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 Fields Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 87% in 2022/23 and 84% 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 Fields Primary Academy rank locally?
- Cheam Fields Primary Academy ranked 4th of 31 primary schools in Sutton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% 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 Fields Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Cheam Fields Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cheam Fields Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cheam Fields Primary 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.