Living in Carshalton with children
Carshalton, Sutton. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
17 schools: 13 state primary, 4 state secondaryCarshalton on the schools map →Every school in Carshalton, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (13)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muschamp Primary School and Language Opportunity Base | Ofsted report card | Top 33% (11/34) in Sutton | — |
| All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 36% (12/34) in Sutton | — |
| Barrow Hedges Primary School | Outstanding | Top 39% (13/34) in Sutton | 0.728 miles (2026) |
| St Mary's RC Junior School | Good | (19/34) in Sutton | — |
| Stanley Park Junior School | School remains Good | (21/34) in Sutton | 0.75 miles (2026) |
| Harris Junior Academy Carshalton | Outstanding | (22/34) in Sutton | 0.537 miles (2026) |
| Wood Field Primary School | Outstanding | (29/34) in Sutton | — |
| Rushy Meadow Primary Academy | Good | (30/34) in Sutton | — |
| Tweeddale Primary School | Good | (32/34) in Sutton | — |
| Green Wrythe Primary School | Good | (33/34) in Sutton | 0.865 miles (2026) |
| St Mary's RC Infants School | Good | — | — |
| Stanley Park Infants School | Good | — | 1.382 miles (2026) |
| Victor Seymour Infants' School | Outstanding | — | 0.678 miles (2026) |
State secondary schools (4)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls | Good | (9/15) in Sutton | — |
| Carshalton High School for Girls | School remains Good | (11/15) in Sutton | 2.272 miles (2025) |
| Carshalton Boys Sports College | Good | (14/15) in Sutton | 2.334 miles (2025) |
| Oaks Park High School | Good | (15/15) in Sutton | 2.497 miles (2026) |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Carshalton yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Carshalton →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 93% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 98%, on average across the 679 postcodes in SM5. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 2 outstanding; 14 good, or expected standard; 2 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £8.63 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 18 in Sutton.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Sutton
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Sutton.
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