Schools in Carshalton
Carshalton is a suburban town in the London Borough of Sutton with 19 state schools - 13 primary and 4 secondary - situated in outer south London. Sutton is one of the few London boroughs to retain selective secondary education: Sutton Grammar School and Nonsuch High School for Girls are two of the highest-performing grammar schools in the country, drawing applications from across Sutton, Merton, Croydon and beyond. Entry to selective schools requires the Sutton selective tests, administered each autumn for the following September's Year 7.
For non-selective secondary places in Carshalton, the London Borough of Sutton coordinates admissions through its pan-London co-ordinated scheme, with home-to-school distance as the key tiebreaker. Popular non-selective secondaries in the borough have seen last-distance offers tighten in recent years. Primary schools in Carshalton are similarly competitive, with catchment distances for the most sought-after schools typically below one mile. Sutton Council publishes its admissions guide each September for the following year's intake.
School demand in Carshalton
Across the 19 schools in Carshalton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 93%. 6 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
4 schools in Carshalton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
13 of the schools in Carshalton are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Sutton, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
12 of the schools in Carshalton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 11 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Carshalton: 3 oversubscribed (13)
St Mary's RC Junior School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Carshalton · SM5 2PB
St Mary's RC Infants School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Carshalton · SM5 2PT
Stanley Park Junior School
Primary · Foundation school
Carshalton · SM5 3JL
Muschamp Primary School and Language Opportunity Base
Primary · Foundation school
Carshalton · SM5 2SE
Harris Junior Academy Carshalton
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Carshalton · SM5 2NS
Green Wrythe Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Carshalton · SM5 1JP
Victor Seymour Infants' School
Primary · Academy converter
Carshalton · SM5 2JE
Tweeddale Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Carshalton · SM5 1SW
Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Carshalton · SM5 2SG
All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Carshalton · SM5 3DW
Stanley Park Infants School
Primary · Academy converter
Carshalton · SM5 3JL
Barrow Hedges Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
CARSHALTON · SM5 4LA
Wood Field Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Carshalton · SM5 3HW
Secondary Schools in Carshalton (4)
St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls
Secondary · Voluntary aided school
Carshalton · SM5 3PS
Carshalton High School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter
Carshalton · SM5 2QX
Carshalton Boys Sports College
Secondary · Academy converter
Carshalton · SM5 1RW
Oaks Park High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Carshalton · SM5 4NS
Other Schools in Carshalton (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Carshalton are set by Sutton and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.