St Mark's Church of England Academy

State-Funded School

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LondonRegion

MertonLocal Authority

Mitcham and MordenConstituency

CR4 1SFPostcode

9.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Mark's Church of England Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Merton, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 983 pupils. St Mark's Church of England Academy is part of ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 46.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 41.4%
EBacc average point score: 4.21

Ethnicity

White

35%

Asian

14%

Black

25%

Mixed

21%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

983

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

40%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 983
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
25 Jun 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
5 Dec 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.