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Cheam Common Infants' Academy

PrimaryAges 3–7Academy

Sutton, KT4 8SS · Sutton local authority

Sutton’s School Grade A+ better than 97% of towns in England

Getting in
117/131
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
410 pupils
96% of its 427 places
Free school meals
5%
5 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Cheam Common Infants' Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, May 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • 89% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (117 of 131)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (KT4 8) sold for a median £530,000; Sutton’s is £455,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Cheam Common Infants' Academy?

89% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

131
families put it first for September 2026
120
places offered
89%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (6), 2020 (5), 2021 (28), 2022 (13), 2024 (5), 2026 (14). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Leo Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Sutton council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Sutton, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.56 per place
62% got their first choice
1.30 per place
77% got their first choice
1.28 per place
73% got their first choice
1.19 per place
81% got their first choice
1.17 per place
81% got their first choice
1.13 per place
85% got their first choice
1.12 per place
85% got their first choice
1.10 per place
86% got their first choice
Cheam Common Infants'
1.09 per place
89% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

412 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
13.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
44.7%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
5.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Cheam Common Infants' Academy

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting May 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingExceptional
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, April 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Cheam Common Infants' Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in KT4 8, the school’s postcode sector

Sutton property prices →
£530,000
median sale, 652 sales in 36 months · Sutton £455,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025KT4 8Sutton
KT4 8Sutton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£687K
Semi-detached
£645K
Terraced
£515K
Flat
£312K
KT4 8Sutton

Homes in KT4 8 sell for well over Sutton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

26 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−A−CB+A−DA−A+A+AA−AB−A+B−A+AA−A+B−CB−BAA−Cheam Common Infants' Acade…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Sutton, KT4 8SS

Cheam Common Infants' Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into Cheam Common Infants' Academy?

For September 2026, 131 families put Cheam Common Infants' Academy first and 117 of them were offered a place; 120 places were offered in all.

What is Cheam Common Infants' Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (May 2026) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Cheam Common Infants' Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, KT4 8, sold for a median £530,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (652 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Sutton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.