Wallington Primary Academy
Mollison Drive, Roundshaw, Wallington, SM6 9JN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CIRRUS PRIMARY ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Guerin
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Cirrus Primary Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Carshalton and Wallington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 446
- Pupils on roll
- 155
- URN
- 145742
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086693978
About this school
Wallington Primary Academy is a primary academy in Wallington. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 155 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 24% | 31% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 37% | 45% |
| Expected standard in maths | 47% | 27% | 45% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 30% | 41% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 97.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 96.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.90 | - | - |
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 Wallington 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 | 42% | 63.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 24% | 64.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 31% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 192 |
| 2023/24 | 170 |
| 2024/25 | 161 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wallington Primary Academy compares
Wallington Primary Academy ranked 31st of 31 primary schools in Sutton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31% | 8.7% | 47% | 155 | — |
| St Elphege's RC Junior School | — | — | — | 382 | 0.3 miles |
| St Elphege's RC Infants' School | — | — | — | 322 | 0.3 miles |
| Foresters Primary School | 58% | 6.8% | 42% | 259 | 0.3 miles |
| Bandon Hill Primary School | 65% | 6.3% | 18.6% | 439 | 0.5 miles |
| Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School | 70% | 4.7% | 15.9% | 212 | 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report21 April 2026
- 6 July 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.98%
- English as an additional language
- 44.7%
- Overall absence
- 8.73%
- Persistent absence
- 33.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Elphege's RC Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Wallington
-
St Elphege's RC Infants' School0.3 miles
Primary · Wallington
-
Foresters Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Wallington
-
Bandon Hill Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Wallington
-
Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Purley
Other schools in Wallington
Wallington Primary Academy ranks 6th of the 6 ranked primary schools in Wallington.
- 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 County Grammar School Secondary
- Wallington High School for Girls Secondary
- Wilson's School Secondary
- Carew Academy Free Schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Wallington Primary Academy teach?
- Wallington Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Wallington.
- Who is the headteacher of Wallington Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Wallington Primary Academy is Mrs Joanne Guerin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wallington Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wallington 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 Wallington Primary Academy?
- Wallington Primary Academy has 155 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Wallington Primary Academy full?
- Wallington Primary Academy has capacity for 446 pupils and 155 on roll (35%), 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 Wallington Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Wallington Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Wallington Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wallington Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Wallington Primary Academy?
- Wallington Primary Academy is part of CIRRUS PRIMARY ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Wallington Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 31% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wallington Primary Academy rank locally?
- Wallington Primary Academy ranked 31st of 31 primary schools in Sutton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 7% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wallington Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Wallington Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 8.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wallington Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wallington 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 15 July 2026.