Southfields Academy

Southfields Academy is performing well, maintaining a good standard since its last inspection in 2017. The school is characterized by a supportive environment where students feel safe and valued. There is a strong emphasis on pupil well-being and staff are well-supported, contributing to a positive school culture. The curriculum is ambitiously planned, and there are ample extracurricular opportunities for students, which are well attended and appreciated by the community.

Strengths

• Teachers demonstrate strong subject knowledge.
• Pupils feel safe and valued in a supportive environment.
• Extra-curricular activities are well-organized and popular among pupils.
• Careers guidance is carefully planned and effective.
• Leaders have high expectations and a clear approach to behaviour management.

Areas for Improvement

• Few pupils study modern foreign languages in Years 10 and 11, limiting English Baccalaureate achievement.
• Some strategies for helping pupils recall previous learning are not effective.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Southfields Academy attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.3% of pupils at Southfields Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Southfields Academy had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.8% of pupils at Southfields Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 6.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 73 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Southfields Academy received £11,499 and spent £11,237 for each of its 1,179 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £11,004,000 (£9,333 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Southfields Multi Academy Trust, income was £19,387 and spending £18,710 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Southfields Academy is part of Southfields Multi Academy Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Linden Lodge School London

What is Southfields Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Southfields Academy is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was Southfields Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Southfields Academy was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Southfields Academy have?

Southfields Academy has 1,148 pupils on roll.

What age range does Southfields Academy cover?

Southfields Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Southfields Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.9, and 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Southfields Academy?

Southfields Academy is at 333 Merton Road, Wandsworth, London, SW18 5JU.