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Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School

Primary · ages 2-11MixedChurch of England103 pupilsNurseryLondonWandsworth
School Chooser Score
83
Above
similar schools
Likely range 59 to 93, so it could be “well above”
Out of 100. Better than 98% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, February 2024
Reached the expected level at 1171%England 63%
Attendance95.5%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families57%Far more than most schools
Places107 spare103 pupils, 210 places
Pupils per teacher17.5School workforce census

Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School is a Church of England school (voluntary aided) in London for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 103 pupils and room for 210. About 57 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. We give it 83 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 98% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.

6 Balham Park Road, London, SW12 8DR020 8673 4166tsm.wandsworth.sch.ukMiss Lynn Anderson acting headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 6 February 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Good
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Good
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Good
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes
Earlier inspections (1)
DateTypeOutcome
12 October 2022UngradedSchool remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

21 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1171%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level19%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score110.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score112.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 87%87%20172018: 100%100%20182019: 80%80%20192023: 78%78%20232024: 75%75%20242025: 71%71%2025
Since 2017: -16%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017WandsworthEngland
Pupils tested211618201330
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths71%75%78%80%100%87%70%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths19%6%11%10%8%13%14%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score110.0107.0108.0105.0108.0107.0107.3105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score112.0109.0108.0105.0109.0110.0106.5104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score112.0110.0107.0108.0107.0112.0107.4105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard86%81%89%85%100%87%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard90%88%94%85%100%97%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)71%75%78%100%100%90%
Reading progressReading progress score+1.6+0.7+1.5+1.8
Maths progressMaths progress score+2.8-0.4+2.8+5.1
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged62%91%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged88%75%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 2 of the 4 gaps are smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
62%88%
Gap 26 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
64%80%
Gap 16 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
67%71%
Gap 4 ptsEngland 4 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
15%19%
Gap 4 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

Plenty of spare places106 pupils for 210 places, 2024/25
51% full

104 places were empty (50% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 7% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Will my child get a place?

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.

EntryHow far the last child livedSource
2026 Primaryall offeredLA

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll103Census January 2026
Places21049% full
Pupils from low-income families57%57% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English30%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support19%20 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan3%3 pupils with a plan
Average class size20.65 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils0%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)61%£88,350 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls54 / 49
White British pupils8%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 29.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 18.3 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (7), language and communications needs (7), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (6), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Moderate learning difficulty (1), Vision impairment (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll103120132151138129
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals57%57%56%50%49%55%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language30%39%39%41%34%38%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support17%8%11%12%9%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans3%4%3%2%1%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 95.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance95.5%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school11.5%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.6%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.5%4.8%6.2%4.6%3.5%5.1%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence3.9%3.6%5.0%3.5%3.1%3.4%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.6%1.2%1.2%1.1%0.4%1.7%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence11.5%14.1%22.6%9.2%6.8%8.9%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.00.01.30.07.8
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers5.9full-time equivalent, 7 people
Pupils per teacher17.5Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants7.5full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£60,332
Teachers who left in the year66%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher5.42024/25

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.

Spend per pupil£12,260England £7,738. Total £1.4m
Income per pupil£11,963England £7,697. Total £1.4m
Spent on teachers per pupil£5,348England £3,480
Money in reserve14%A healthy amount put by: £191k, £1,619 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£35kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£12,260spent per pupil

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

Crimes within 500 m1,65612 months to June 2026, mostly shoplifting
Local crime rate139 per 1,000 people52% higher than the England average
Typical house price£650,000Wandsworth
Nearest bus stop130 mDu Cane Court, 10 stops within 500 m

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.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Ravenstone Primary SchoolAcademy170 m283Good 202366Compare
Rutherford House SchoolFree school390 m376Good 202290Compare
Holy Ghost Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic570 m197Good 202496Compare
Alderbrook Primary SchoolCouncil780 m216Good 202463Compare
St Anselm's Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic780 m201Outstanding 202397Compare
Fircroft Primary SchoolAcademy880 m266No overall grade 2024Compare
Henry Cavendish Primary SchoolCouncil910 m873Outstanding 202497Compare
Telferscot Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles436No overall grade 202590Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School with the 46 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 46 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats98%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
Near the very top of its group. Its score of 83 is 58 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 25 · highest 87100

No school with a similar mix of pupils within 25 km scores clearly higher.

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 83 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 83% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 59 to 93. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%in line
+0.07
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 21 pupils
Ofsted inspection20%in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 2.6 years old
Progress pupils make20%in line
+0.06
DfE progress measure; 21 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%above
+0.05
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%in line
+0.01
2024/25; 96 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well above
+0.28
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 21 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School scores 83 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 98% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 59 to 93, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

What is Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School good at its last full inspection on 6 February 2024.

How good are Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 71% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 19% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School have?

103 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 210 places, so it is 49% full.

Is Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 104 places were empty in 2024/25 (50% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School?

Pupils were in school 95.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 11% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School?

The average class had 20.6 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
6 Balham Park Road, London, SW12 8DR
Telephone
020 8673 4166
Website
www.tsm.wandsworth.sch.uk
Acting Headteacher
Miss Lynn Anderson
Type of school
Church of England school (voluntary aided) (Voluntary aided school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 2-11, with nursery
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England, Diocese of Southwark
Local authority
Wandsworth
Ward
Trinity
Constituency
Tooting
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
101047 · LAESTAB 2123525 · UKPRN 10074006

Where these figures come from