St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary aided school
Age Range 2-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Montacute Road
Morden
Surrey
SM4 6RL
Phone 02086481846
Reference Number 102669

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School in Morden continues to perform well, maintaining its good standing since its last inspection in 2017. The pupils demonstrate a strong commitment to the school's values, engaging well in lessons and showing enthusiasm for their education. The school effectively prioritizes early reading, providing robust support for pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), resulting in strong reading skills among students. Overall, the school fosters a safe and supportive environment where pupils thrive academically and socially.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 465
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.03%
Girls: 50.97%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 46.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 33 25 58
2 32 26 58
3 30 32 62
4 30 32 62
5 28 31 59
6 22 39 61

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, Other 29.9%
White, British 18.1%
Asian, Other 14%
African 9.7%
Indian 8.6%
Mixed, Other 4.3%
White & Asian 3.4%
White & Black (African) 1.9%
Irish 1.5%
Pakistani 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
Chinese 1.1%
Caribbean 0.6%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 06 Jul 2022
Date Report
06 Jul 2022 School inspection
08 Feb 2017 Short inspection
01 Feb 2012 Full inspection:
28 Jun 2011 Monitoring visit
27 Jan 2010 Full inspection:
07 Jul 2009 Monitoring visit
31 Mar 2009 Monitoring visit
26 Nov 2008 Monitoring visit
10 Jun 2008 Monitoring visit
27 Feb 2008 Monitoring visit
09 Oct 2007 Full inspection:
29 Jun 2005 Inspection
22 Sep 2003 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils demonstrate high levels of enthusiasm and engagement in their learning.
  • Strong emphasis on early reading with effective phonics instruction.
  • High expectations set by staff which pupils effectively meet.
  • Support for pupils with SEND is well organized and effective.
  • Leaders provide a well-ordered curriculum that builds on prior knowledge.
  • Pupils participate in a variety of extracurricular activities, enhancing their development.
  • Effective safeguarding measures are in place to protect pupils.

Areas for Improvement

  • Teachers sometimes overload pupils with large amounts of new information at once.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 77%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 15%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 110
Maths 113

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0
Writing -0.2
Maths 2.4

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 20 1
Third Preference 7 0
From another Local Authority 50 27

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