Schools in Mitcham
Mitcham in the London Borough of Merton has 21 schools - 15 primaries and 2 secondaries: Harris Academy Merton and St Mark's Church of England Academy. Merton Council co-ordinates admissions for community and voluntary-controlled schools, with most primaries using looked-after children, siblings and then straight-line distance as oversubscription criteria. Mitcham is one of London's more densely populated areas, so last-offered distances at popular primaries can be under 0.4 miles.
Harris Academy Merton is a non-selective comprehensive admitting on proximity after statutory priority categories, while St Mark's Church of England Academy uses faith criteria for a proportion of its intake - families applying for faith places need to complete the supplementary information form by the October deadline. For out-of-borough secondary options, neighbouring Croydon, Wandsworth and Sutton schools each require separate authority applications.
School demand in Mitcham
Across the 21 schools in Mitcham with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 82%. 3 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.
3 schools in Mitcham have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
5 of the schools in Mitcham are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Merton, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
7 of the schools in Mitcham have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Mitcham: 1 oversubscribed (15)
Bond Primary School
Primary · Community school
Mitcham · CR4 3HG
Lonesome Primary School
Primary · Community school
Mitcham · CR4 1SD
Haslemere Primary School
Primary · Community school
Mitcham · CR4 3PQ
St Mark's Primary School
Primary · Community school
Mitcham · CR4 2LF
The Sherwood School
Primary · Community school
Mitcham · CR4 1JP
Cranmer Primary School
Primary · Community school
Mitcham · CR4 4XU
Gorringe Park Primary School
Primary · Community school
Mitcham · CR4 2YA
Liberty Primary
Primary · Community school
Mitcham · CR4 3EB
William Morris Primary School
Primary · Community school
Mitcham · CR4 1PJ
St Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
MITCHAM · CR4 4LA
Culvers House Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Mitcham · CR4 4JH
St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Mitcham · CR4 1YG
Harris Primary Academy Merton
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Mitcham · CR4 1JW
Beecholme Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Mitcham · CR4 2HZ
Benedict Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Mitcham · CR4 3BE
Secondary Schools in Mitcham (2)
Other Schools in Mitcham (4)
Cricket Green School
Not applicable · Community special school
Mitcham · CR4 3AF
Oak Tree Primary School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Mitcham · CR4 4LB
Lavender Lodge School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Mitcham · CR4 3HD
Jus'T'Learn
Not applicable · Other independent school
Mitcham · CR4 2QA
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Mitcham are set by Merton and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.