St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School

About St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School

St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School sits in Sutton, a borough where 12 out of 42 primary schools hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted, so it is in select company. The school itself carries that top grade, and while the data does not provide its own Key Stage 2 scores, the local authority average for primary schools sits at 69. Without the school's individual KS2 results, it is impossible to say whether it outperforms or falls short of that benchmark, but the Outstanding Ofsted judgement suggests strong overall quality. That rating is the highest available and places St Cecilia's among the best-regarded primaries in the area. The nearest Outstanding alternative is Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy, just 0.6 km away, so families in this part of Sutton have strong local options. St Cecilia's is a Roman Catholic state primary for mixed genders aged 3 to 11, with a nursery on site, and it has capacity for 417 pupils.

Academically, the school's Ofsted rating of Outstanding is the headline, but the data does not include Progress 8 scores, SATs results, or any other exam metrics for St Cecilia's itself. This makes direct comparison with the Sutton LA average of 69 for KS2 impossible. The school's top peers in the borough — Cheam Fields Primary Academy, Westbourne Primary School, and Cheam Common Junior Academy — all score in the mid-80s on the ranking metric, but St Cecilia's own ranking score is not provided. What is clear is that the school has been judged Outstanding by Ofsted, which typically reflects strong teaching, leadership, and pupil outcomes. Parents looking for hard numbers on attainment will need to check the school's published performance tables directly, as this dataset does not supply them.

The school offers a broad set of facilities including playing fields, a library, art studios, a forest school, an outdoor playground, a sports hall, and a chapel. Sports on offer include cross country, football, rounders, gymnastics, and cricket, while clubs range from science club and drama to choir, book club, and gardening. This variety suggests a school that values both academic and extracurricular breadth. With nursery provision from age 3, it suits families wanting a single-site journey from early years through to Year 6. The headteacher is Vince Burke. The school is oversubscribed in the sense that it sits in a competitive Sutton primary market, but exact admissions data is not provided. It will particularly suit Catholic families or those comfortable with a faith-based ethos, given its Roman Catholic character and on-site chapel.

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