Living in Merton with children
Merton, Merton and Devon. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 214,931 people in 81,564 households; 33.6% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
35 schools: 20 state primary, 6 state secondary, 9 privateMerton on the schools map →Every school in Merton, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (20)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Academy | Outstanding | Top 1% · 1st in Merton | — |
| Merton Park Primary School | Outstanding | Top 5% · 4th in Merton | 0.294 miles (2026) |
| Wimbledon Park Primary School | School remains Outstanding | Top 10% · 6th in Merton | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 10% · 7th in Merton | — |
| Wimbledon Chase Primary School | Good | Top 25% · 9th in Merton | — |
| Hollymount School | Good | Top 25% · 11th in Merton | 0.415 miles (2026) |
| Dundonald Primary School | Good | Top 25% · 12th in Merton | — |
| Holy Trinity CofE Primary School | Outstanding | Top 25% · 13th in Merton | — |
| Singlegate Primary School | Outstanding | Top 25% · 15th in Merton | 0.892 miles (2025) |
| Poplar Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 25% · 16th in Merton | 0.626 miles (2026) |
| All Saints' CofE Primary School | Good | Top 25% · 18th in Merton | — |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School | School remains Good | Top 25% · 19th in Merton | — |
| St John Fisher RC Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 20th in Merton | — |
| Pelham Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top half · 22nd in Merton | 0.686 miles (2026) |
| The Priory CofE School | Good | Top half · 26th in Merton | — |
| Joseph Hood Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 28th in Merton | — |
| Merton Abbey Primary School | School remains Good | Top half · 29th in Merton | — |
| West Wimbledon Primary School | Good | Lower half · 31st in Merton | — |
| Links Primary School | Ofsted report card | Lower half · 42nd in Merton | — |
| The Clinton Church of England Primary School | Inadequate | — | — |
State secondary schools (6)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ursuline High School Wimbledon | Good | Top 10% · 1st in Merton | — |
| Wimbledon College | School remains Good | Top 10% · 2nd in Merton | — |
| Rutlish School | Outstanding | Top 25% · 3rd in Merton | 1.782 miles (2026) |
| Ricards Lodge High School | School remains Outstanding | Top 25% · 4th in Merton | 1.803 miles (2025) |
| Harris Academy Wimbledon | Outstanding | Top 25% · 5th in Merton | — |
| Raynes Park High School | Standards maintained | Top half · 9th in Merton | — |
Private schools (9)
| School | Inspection | League table | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's College School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 5% · 1st in Merton | — |
| Donhead Preparatory School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Liberty Woodland School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Norwegian School in London | — | — | — |
| The Norwegian Kindergarten In London | — | — | — |
| The Rowans School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| The Study Preparatory School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Willington School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Wimbledon Common Preparatory School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
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)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (60 detached, 179 semi-detached, 717 terraced, 676 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Merton. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Merton →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 88% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 1,991 postcodes in SW19, SW20. 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: 6 outstanding; 2 strong or better in every area; 31 good, or expected standard; 10 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £8.63 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 49 in Merton.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 19 October 2026; 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, Merton
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Merton · Devon.
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