St Elphege's RC Infants' School
St Elphege's RC Infants' School is a converter academy in Wallington for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 322 pupils and room for 384. About 15 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was outstanding, back in 2024.
Mollison Drive, Roundshaw, Wallington, SM6 9HY020 8669 6306stelphegesrcschool.org.ukMr Lawrence Hawkes headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 26 June 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Outstanding overall.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published. As a Roman Catholic school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (45), emotional and mental health (16), Autistic spectrum disorder (6), Hearing impairment (2), Moderate learning difficulty (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 4.6% | 4.5% | 6.0% | 5.0% | 2.8% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.4% | 3.3% | 4.8% | 3.8% | 2.0% | 3.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.7% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 10.4% | 10.1% | 15.1% | 8.6% | 5.5% | 7.1% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for St Elphege's RC Infants' School, the school this one replaced in February 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 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 primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Elphege's RC Junior School | Academy | 0 m | 382 | Outstanding 2021 | – | Compare |
| Wallington Primary Academy | Academy | 460 m | 155 | Report card 2026 | 2 | Compare |
| Foresters Primary School | Academy | 530 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| High View Primary School | Foundation | 720 m | 438 | Report card 2026 | 66 | Compare |
| Bandon Hill Primary School | Academy | 770 m | 439 | Good 2024 | 62 | Compare |
| Harris Primary Academy Purley Way | Academy | 0.6 miles | 577 | Not inspected | 79 | Compare |
| Aerodrome Primary Academy | Academy | 0.8 miles | 447 | Report card 2025 | 58 | Compare |
| Margaret Roper Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 0.9 miles | 212 | Good 2023 | 87 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Elphege's RC Infants' School a good school?
St Elphege's RC Infants' School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it outstanding at its last inspection in June 2024.
What is St Elphege's RC Infants' School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Elphege's RC Infants' School outstanding at its last full inspection on 26 June 2024.
How many pupils does St Elphege's RC Infants' School have?
322 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 384 places, so it is 84% full.
Is St Elphege's RC Infants' School oversubscribed?
Often. Fewer than one place in twenty was empty in 2024/25, so popular year groups fill up.
What is attendance like at St Elphege's RC Infants' School?
Pupils were in school 95.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 10% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at St Elphege's RC Infants' School?
The average class had 25.8 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Mollison Drive, Roundshaw, Wallington, SM6 9HY
- Telephone
- 020 8669 6306
- Website
- www.stelphegesrcschool.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Lawrence Hawkes
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic, Archdiocese of Southwark
- Multi-academy trust
- Sancta Familia Catholic Academy Trust (9 schools)
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Ward
- South Beddington & Roundshaw
- Constituency
- Carshalton and Wallington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 February 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151352 · LAESTAB 3193504 · UKPRN 10096596
- Formerly
- St Elphege's RC Infants' School
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.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Sutton council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2024, 2025, 2026.
- 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.