Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus
Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus is a pupil referral unit in Morden for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 50 pupils. About 24 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England.
Canterbury Road, Morden, SM4 6PT020 8241 2005melbury.merton.sch.ukMs Carla Chandler headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Merton council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (24), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 50 | 54 | 68 | 66 | 49 | 47 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 24% | 28% | 29% | 24% | 22% | 17% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 54% | 41% | 43% | 35% | 57% | 57% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 50% | 52% | 59% | 43% | 38% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 46 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 56%, compared with 78% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 74% | 79% | 74% |
| Education | 65% | 74% | 69% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 3% | 0% |
| Work | 7% | 3% | 5% |
| Not in education, work or training | 15% | 18% | 12% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malmesbury Primary School | Council | 340 m | 347 | No overall grade 2025 | 56 | Compare |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 660 m | 485 | Good 2022 | 89 | Compare |
| Abbotsbury Primary School | Council | 760 m | 352 | Good 2023 | 54 | Compare |
| Abbey Primary School | Academy | 760 m | 468 | Good 2023 | 82 | Compare |
| Harris Academy Morden | Academy | 840 m | 873 | Outstanding 2024 | 84 | Compare |
| Perseid School | Council | 890 m | 186 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Morden Primary School | Council | 930 m | 222 | Good 2024 | 48 | Compare |
| Tweeddale Primary School | Academy | 970 m | 376 | Good 2024 | 10 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus yet.
How many pupils does Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus have?
50 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026.
Does Canterbury Campus and Lavender Campus have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Canterbury Road, Morden, SM4 6PT
- Telephone
- 020 8241 2005
- Website
- www.melbury.merton.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Ms Carla Chandler
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Merton
- Ward
- St Helier
- Constituency
- Mitcham and Morden
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 5 September 2002 (new provision)
- URN
- 133754 · LAESTAB 3151100 · UKPRN 10017475
- Formerly
- The Base
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.