St Elphege's RC Infants' School
0.3 miles322 pupils
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
State-funded · Primary · Sutton
Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11 · Mixed · 155 pupils
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
National closing date for Reception applications: Friday 15 January 2027. Apply through your home borough's coordinated scheme, not directly to the school.
Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026
Primary National Offer Day: Friday 16 April 2027. Offers are released by your home borough.
Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026
Accept the offer by the deadline given in your offer letter; your home borough sets the date.
Source: GOV.UK · checked 9 Oct 2026
One email 14, 7 and 1 day before each dated deadline we hold. No account needed.
A status ("Closes in 12 days") is shown only for a closing date we have checked, worked out from today's date, 10 October 2026. Other dates are printed as the school published them, with its own wording beside them. Dates given only as "early January" are shown as approximate and never counted down. Always confirm with the school or council.
You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day.
16 first-preference applications and 71 applications naming it at any preference for 18 places offered (September 2026 entry, DfE)
| Entry | Places offered | First preferences | All preferences |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 18 | 16 | 71 |
| September 2025 | 12 | 10 | 65 |
| September 2024 | 18 | 16 | 68 |
| September 2023 | 15 | 14 | 70 |
These are counts of applications and offers on national offer day. They are not a chance of getting in: places are allocated by the school's published admissions criteria, such as siblings, distance or faith.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary school applications and offers · entry years up to 2026/27 · last checked 9 October 2026
Across the borough, 92.1% of applicants were offered their first preference and 99.7% were offered one of their preferences (2,159 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026
Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. The report card grades each area on a five-point scale.
Safeguarding standards: Met.
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. This grade dates from the inspection shown; it is not a current rating.
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 29 pupils in the cohort
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026
Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
322 pupils
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
439 pupils · KS2 expected standard 65% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
111 pupils · £4,226 to £4,348 a term (2026-27)
212 pupils · KS2 expected standard 70% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
438 pupils · KS2 expected standard 65% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.