Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
Merton Infant School and Nursery
This school
Merton Junior School
Partner infant school
Merton Infant School and Nursery
Nursery to Year 2 · 70 m away from Merton Junior School
Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Merton Infant School and Nursery.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 15 September 2026
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 46% | 63% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 3% | 9% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 56% | 71% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 15% | 27% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Hampshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 102 | 106 | 106 |
| Maths | 100 | 104 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 102 | 105 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted inspected Merton Junior School on 15 September 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Expected standard for leadership and governance, for personal development and wellbeing and for attendance and behaviour; Needs attention for achievement, for curriculum and teaching and for inclusion.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Merton Infant School and Nursery. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Merton Junior School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Hampshire, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Merton Junior School had 261 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 360. It is a mixed school.
Voluntary aided school
0.3 miles away
Community school
0.5 miles away
Community school
0.7 miles away
Academy sponsor led
0.7 miles away
Voluntary controlled school
1.1 miles away