Catchment distances

Merton school catchment areas: last distance offered

The last distance offered at 21 Merton schools, 2023 to 2026, copied from the allocation figures Merton council publishes after offer day. Open a school for its admission rules, the source document and how your postcode compares.

Starting school in September 2027

Secondary (Year 7): apply by 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
Primary (Reception): apply by 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

National dates for England. You apply through the council where you live, even for a school in another council.

Reception (primary and infant schools)

25 Merton schools · last distance offered, 2024–2026

Shortest distances in 2026: Merton Park Primary School (0.47 km), Hollymount School (0.67 km) and Malmesbury Primary School (0.70 km).

School	2026	2025	2024	Applications per place
Abbotsbury Primary SchoolSM4 5JS	All offered	All offered	All offered	1.2 (2026)
Bond Primary SchoolCR4 3HG	All offered	All offered	1.36 km0.84 miles	2.3 (2026)
Cranmer Primary SchoolCR4 4XU	All offered	All offered	All offered	1.4 (2026)
Dundonald Primary SchoolSW19 3QH	—	0.61 km0.38 miles	—	6.4 (2025)
Garfield Primary SchoolSW19 8SB	All offered	—	All offered	2.5 (2026)
Gorringe Park Primary SchoolCR4 2YA	All offered	All offered	0.89 km0.55 miles	2.0 (2026)
Haslemere Primary SchoolCR4 3PQ	All offered	0.55 km0.34 miles	All offered	1.8 (2026)
Hatfeild Primary SchoolSM4 4SJ	All offered	All offered	All offered	2.9 (2026)
Hillcross Primary SchoolSM4 4EE	—	1.47 km0.91 miles	1.59 km0.99 miles	2.8 (2025)
Hollymount SchoolSW20 0SQ	0.67 km0.42 miles	0.68 km0.42 miles	0.72 km0.45 miles	3.8 (2026)
Joseph Hood Primary SchoolSW20 9NS	All offered	All offered	All offered	2.3 (2026)
Liberty PrimaryCR4 3EB	All offered	All offered	All offered	1.7 (2026)
Links Primary SchoolSW17 9EH	All offered	0.64 km0.40 miles	All offered	2.5 (2026)
Lonesome Primary SchoolCR4 1SD	All offered	All offered	0.40 km0.25 miles	2.2 (2026)
Malmesbury Primary SchoolSM4 6HG	0.70 km0.43 miles	0.90 km0.56 miles	All offered	3.3 (2026)
Merton Abbey Primary SchoolSW19 2JY	All offered	All offered	All offered	2.7 (2026)
Merton Park Primary SchoolSW19 3HQ	0.47 km0.29 miles	1.01 km0.63 miles	0.79 km0.49 miles	8.6 (2026)
Morden Primary SchoolSM4 5PX	1.77 km1.10 miles	All offered	All offered	2.8 (2026)
Pelham Primary SchoolSW19 1NU	1.10 km0.69 miles	1.21 km0.75 miles	1.27 km0.79 miles	3.9 (2026)
Poplar Primary SchoolSW19 3JZ	1.01 km0.63 miles	All offered	All offered	2.9 (2026)
Singlegate Primary SchoolSW19 2NT	2.30 km1.43 miles	1.44 km0.89 miles	0.93 km0.58 miles	2.2 (2026)
St Mark's Church of England AcademyCR4 1SF	0.71 km0.44 miles	2.98 km1.85 miles	0.82 km0.51 miles	3.8 (2026)
The Sherwood SchoolCR4 1JP	All offered	All offered	All offered	1.9 (2026)
West Wimbledon Primary SchoolSW20 0BZ	3.91 km2.43 miles	All offered	—	3.0 (2026)
William Morris Primary SchoolCR4 1PJ	All offered	All offered	0.59 km0.37 miles	2.5 (2026)

Year 7 (secondary schools)

3 Merton schools · last distance offered, 2024–2026

Shortest distances in 2026: Rutlish School (2.87 km) and Ricards Lodge High School (3.19 km).

School	2026	2025	2024	Applications per place
Raynes Park High SchoolSW20 0JL	All offered	All offered	All offered	3.2 (2026)
Ricards Lodge High SchoolSW19 7HB	3.19 km1.98 miles	2.90 km1.80 miles	2.60 km1.61 miles	3.1 (2026)
Rutlish SchoolSW20 9AD	2.87 km1.78 miles	2.24 km1.39 miles	2.39 km1.49 miles	3.2 (2026)

Reading these figures

“All offered” means every applicant who named the school was offered a place that year, so there was no cut-off.
A dash means the council published no distance for that school and year: it may have filled on other rules, such as faith or banding.
Distances move every year with sibling numbers and year-group size. Check several years, and the council’s admission arrangements for the year you apply.