Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy

About Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy

Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy is one of Sutton’s strongest state primary schools, ranking 5th out of 33 primaries in the local authority and sitting comfortably in the top 10% nationally. It shares the upper echelons of Sutton’s league table with Cheam Fields Primary Academy, Westbourne Primary School and Cheam Common Junior Academy, all of which score marginally higher on the same ranking metric. The school is also one of only 12 primaries in Sutton to hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained since its last graded inspection in 2019. In its most recent ungraded inspection in April 2025, inspectors confirmed that standards are being maintained. The school is significantly oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 362 applications for 115 places, with 99 first-preference offers made. That works out at more than three applicants for every place, a clear signal of its reputation among local families.

Academically, Cheam Park Farm delivers strong results at Key Stage 2. In the 2023/24 assessments, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, well above the Sutton local authority average of 69%. The school also excels at the higher standard: 25% of pupils achieved that combined benchmark, with 52% hitting the higher threshold in maths alone. Average scaled scores were 108 in reading and 109 in maths, both comfortably above the national average of 100. The school’s ranking score of 85 is built on the KS2 reading, writing and maths expected standard metric, placing it in the top 6% of all primaries nationally. Parent feedback is overwhelmingly positive: 93% of respondents to the Ofsted Parent View survey would recommend the school, and 94% said their child is happy there. Strong majorities also agreed that the school has high expectations and that their child does well.

The school is a large academy with 919 pupils on roll, exceeding its stated capacity of 892. It offers a nursery provision and a broad range of facilities including a sports hall, playing fields, a forest school, music rooms and an ICT suite. Sports on offer include swimming, cricket, netball, rounders and tennis, and there are clubs such as science, gardening and film club. The SEND provision is extensive, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate to severe learning difficulties, speech and language needs, autism spectrum disorder and physical disabilities. However, the Parent View data on SEND support is more mixed: while 69% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the school gives SEND children the support they need, 31% disagreed or strongly disagreed, the highest negative response across all survey questions. This suggests that while the school has broad SEND capacity, experiences may vary. For families in Sutton seeking a high-performing, oversubscribed primary with strong academic outcomes and a wide range of enrichment, Cheam Park Farm is a compelling choice, though it is worth investigating SEND provision carefully if your child has additional needs.

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