Schools in Merton

52 schools with published admissions figures

The newest figures for each school. "1st prefs per place" is how many families put the school first, for each place it gave out. It measures demand, not whether a child would get a place. A dash means the figure is not available.

How the 2026 round went in Merton

Primary

• Offered their first choice 86.3%

  Of families applying for a primary place for September 2026. Against 80.5% in 2016.

• Offered one of their three 95.3%

  Families offered any of the schools they named.

• Families who applied 2,015

  Applications received for a primary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 86.3% of families applying for a primary place here were offered their first choice, and 95.3% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 5.9 points higher than in 2016, when it was 80.5%.

The council's primary schools between them had 2,114 places for 2,015 applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Secondary

• Offered their first choice 67.4%

  Of families applying for a secondary place for September 2026. Against 65.0% in 2016.

• Offered one of their three 89.6%

  Families offered any of the schools they named.

• Families who applied 1,982

  Applications received for a secondary place. A family naming three schools counts once.

For September 2026, 67.4% of families applying for a secondary place here were offered their first choice, and 89.6% were offered one of the three schools they named.

That is 2.4 points higher than in 2016, when it was 65.0%.

The council's secondary schools between them had 1,874 places for 1,982 applications, which is 108 fewer places than applications. That is a total for the whole council and says nothing about any one school in it.

Source: Department for Education, applications and offers. The same round across England.

If a family is refused a place

Source: Department for Education, admission appeals in England, reporting year 2026. Counts every school in this council area. The share that succeeded is taken over appeals heard by a panel, not over appeals lodged.

Schools here running specialist SEN provision

9 of this council's published schools run a SEN unit or a resourced provision: teaching for children with special educational needs, on the same site as the rest of the school.

This says a provision exists and nothing more. Neither how many children it takes nor which kinds of need it is set up for is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council. Source: Department for Education, special educational needs in England.

Elsewhere

• Most sought-after schools in Merton by first preferences per place
• Schools in CR4 (17)
• Schools in KT3 (10)
• Schools in SM4 (9)
• Schools in SW17 (15)
• Schools in SW19 (22)
• Schools in SW20 (8)
• What data we hold