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Schools in Merton

72 schools in the Merton local authority.

Schools

72

Open schools

Pupils

31,699

2025–26 census

Good or better

96%

51 of 53 graded

Academic Performance

6.5

out of 10 · 63 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
14 26%
Good
37 70%
Requires improvement
1 2%
Inadequate
1 2%
5 inspected since 2024, no overall grade1 superseded by a report card14 not judged1 safeguarding not effective
6.5
Academic Performance

Averaged over 63 of 72 schools that can be scored

Pupils

31,699

pupils on roll

Boys 52%48% Girls

Roll from 71 of 72 schools (31,699 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
47%
Asian
20%
Black
12%
Mixed
14%
Chinese
2%
Any other group
4%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 56 of 72 schools (27,256 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
28.2%

7,699 of 27,256 pupils · 56 of 72 schools

First language not English
38.5%

10,498 of 27,256 pupils · 56 of 72 schools

Young carers
<1%

200 of 27,256 pupils · 56 of 72 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
48
Secondary
10
All-through
2
Special
3
PRU
1
Not recorded
8

Top primary schools in Merton

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Merton

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 72 schools in Merton — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Merton

How many schools are there in Merton?
Merton has 72 open schools — 48 primary, 10 secondary, 3 special, teaching 31,699 pupils in total.
How many schools in Merton are rated Good or Outstanding?
51 of the 53 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 96% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 14 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 72: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Merton?
6.5 out of 10, averaged across the 63 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Merton schools have no Ofsted rating?
19 schools in Merton currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Merton local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Merton covers 72 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Merton are eligible for free school meals?
28.2% — 7,699 of 27,256 pupils at the 56 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the London region.