Wallington Primary Academy

About Wallington Primary Academy

Wallington Primary Academy in Sutton was rated Good across the board in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, a significant improvement from its previous Inadequate rating in 2017. The school’s leadership, behaviour, personal development, early years provision and quality of education all now sit at Good. However, the school’s academic outcomes tell a more challenging story. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 tests, just 24% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That is well below the Sutton local authority average of 69% and places the school at the very bottom of the 33 primaries in the borough. Average scores in reading (97) and maths (96) are also below the national benchmark of 100, and the proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard in any subject is in single figures or zero.

The school serves a community with high levels of disadvantage — 46.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, more than double the national average. This context is important when interpreting the results. The school’s Progress 8 scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to its intake. What is clear is that the school is heavily oversubscribed: for 12 places in the 2025/26 reception intake, there were 65 applications, a ratio of over five to one, with all 10 first-preference applicants offered a place. This suggests strong local demand despite the academic results. The school has a nursery provision for three-year-olds, which may help families secure a place before the main entry point.

Wallington Primary Academy is a small school with 161 pupils against a capacity of 446, so there is room to grow. Facilities include a dining hall, sensory room, ICT suite, art studios and a chapel. Sports on offer include netball, football, cricket, dance, gymnastics, rounders and tennis, and there are clubs for film, science, coding, book club and chess. The school has a broad range of SEND provisions, covering moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional mental health, speech and language communication, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. For families who prioritise academic outcomes, the nearest Outstanding-rated school is St Elphege’s RC Infants’ School, half a kilometre away. Wallington Primary Academy may suit families who value a supportive, inclusive environment and are comfortable with results that reflect the challenges of a high-deprivation intake.

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