Benedict Academy
Church Road, Mitcham, CR4 3BE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- STEP ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Nadia El-Telbani
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- STEP ACADEMY TRUST
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 177
- URN
- 147970
- Local authority
- Merton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02086484726
About this school
Benedict Academy is a primary academy in Mitcham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 177 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 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 | 20 | 23 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 100% | 93% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 15% | 30% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 100% | 97% |
| Expected standard in maths | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 95% | 100% | 97% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 111.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 111.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +5.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +5.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +6.50 | - | - |
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 Benedict 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 | Merton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 80% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 100% | 62.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 93% | 69.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 163 |
| 2023/24 | 169 |
| 2024/25 | 183 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Benedict Academy compares
Benedict Academy ranked 3rd of 42 primary schools in Merton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 99% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 93% | 5.1% | 65.5% | 177 | — |
| Haslemere Primary School | 56% | 7.6% | 46% | 286 | 0.4 miles |
| St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School | 76% | 3.5% | 25.7% | 241 | 0.4 miles |
| Liberty Primary | 64% | 7% | 37.2% | 446 | 0.6 miles |
| Cranmer Primary School | 43% | 7.2% | 38.5% | 430 | 0.6 miles |
| Bond Primary School | 38% | 6.4% | 42.1% | 232 | 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)
- 65.48%
- English as an additional language
- 58.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.11%
- Persistent absence
- 17.18%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Haslemere Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
Liberty Primary0.6 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
Cranmer Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Mitcham
-
Bond Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Mitcham
Other schools in Mitcham
Benedict Academy ranks 1st of the 15 ranked primary schools in Mitcham.
- Beecholme Primary School Primary
- Bond Primary School Primary
- Cranmer Primary School Primary
- Culvers House Primary School Primary
- Gorringe Park Primary School Primary
- Harris Primary Academy Merton Primary
- Haslemere Primary School Primary
- Liberty Primary Primary
- Lonesome Primary School Primary
- St Mark's Primary School Primary
- St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Benedict Academy teach?
- Benedict Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Mitcham.
- Who is the headteacher of Benedict Academy?
- The headteacher of Benedict Academy is Miss Nadia El-Telbani, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Benedict Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Benedict 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 Benedict Academy?
- Benedict Academy has 177 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Benedict Academy full?
- Benedict Academy has capacity for 240 pupils and 177 on roll (74%), 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 Benedict Academy a faith school?
- No. Benedict Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Benedict Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Benedict Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Benedict Academy?
- Benedict Academy is part of STEP ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Benedict Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 80% in 2022/23 and 93% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Benedict Academy rank locally?
- Benedict Academy ranked 3rd of 42 primary schools in Merton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 99% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Benedict Academy's absence rate?
- Benedict Academy's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Benedict Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Benedict 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 10 July 2026.