Manor Park Primary Academy

Manor Park Primary Academy is a highly effective school where pupils thrive academically and socially. Inspectors found an ambitious, logically sequenced curriculum from Nursery to Year 6, skilled teaching, strong reading and phonics, and excellent support for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND. Children in the early years get a strong grounding in mathematics, reading and writing, and pupils achieve very well across the curriculum. Behaviour and attitudes are exemplary, pupils feel safe and happy, attendance is strong, and personal development is very high quality through the LEO Explorers programme, clubs, trips, competitions, leadership roles and health and wellbeing provision. Parents are overwhelmingly positive, staff value the support they receive from leaders, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its first section 5 inspection. It is part of LEO Academy Trust and is led by Principal Nadine Williamson. No areas for improvement were identified in the report.

Strengths

• Ambitious, logically sequenced curriculum from Nursery to Year 6
• Skilled teaching with clear explanations and effective checking of understanding
• Excellent support for disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND
• Strong early years grounding in mathematics, reading and writing
• High-quality, consistent phonics teaching with effective catch-up support
• Rigorous writing curriculum that develops fluent, accurate and creative writers
• Exemplary pupil behaviour and very strong attitudes to learning
• Very high-quality personal development, including the LEO Explorers programme
• Wide range of trips, clubs, competitions and pupil leadership roles
• Effective safeguarding arrangements and strong pastoral care
• Positive relationships with parents and effective support for staff workload and wellbeing

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 Manor Park Primary Academy attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

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, 0.3% of pupils at Manor Park Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were 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 Manor Park Primary Academy had 25.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

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, 15.4% of pupils at Manor Park Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Manor Park Primary Academy received £7,245 and spent £7,109 for each of its 678 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £766,000 (£1,130 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Leo Academy Trust, income was £6,683 and spending £6,521 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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All schools in Sutton · Sutton local authority: places and applications

Manor Park Primary Academy is part of Leo Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy Sutton
• Cheam Fields Primary Academy Sutton
• Brookfield Primary Academy Sutton
• Cheam Common Junior Academy Worcester Park
• Cheam Common Infants' Academy Worcester Park
• Foresters Primary School Wallington
• Shawley Community Primary Academy & Nursery Epsom
• West Ashtead Primary Academy Ashtead
• Furzefield Primary Academy Redhill
• Chandlers Field Primary Academy West Molesey

What is Manor Park Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Manor Park Primary Academy is Outstanding, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was Manor Park Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Manor Park Primary Academy was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does Manor Park Primary Academy have?

Manor Park Primary Academy has 710 pupils on roll.

What age range does Manor Park Primary Academy cover?

Manor Park Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Manor Park Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Manor Park Primary Academy?

Manor Park Primary Academy is at Greyhound Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4AW.