School guide

Schools near SM1

Every Ofsted-rated school within 3 miles, on the map and in the table, against the national picture. Search a full postcode and the table adds a column for that address: whether it sits inside each school's last admission distance.

SM1

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91% Outstanding or Good · above the 80% national figure

Within 3 miles: 81 schools.

8 Outstanding 33 Good 4 Report card 36 No current grade

Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate Report card No current grade published admission distance estimated

Report card: inspected since Ofsted stopped one-word grades in late 2024, so it has a report card rather than a grade. No current grade: Ofsted's register holds no graded inspection for the school, usually because it is new, or has become an academy and not yet been inspected as one.

No reading for an address here: SM1 is a district, and a school's admission distance is measured from a home, not from the middle of an area. Search a full postcode in SM1 and its table adds a column saying, school by school, whether that address sits inside last time's distance. Check a postcode

School Phase Ofsted Distance Admitted from Results
Community school Primary Good 0.2 mi away 0.19 mi est. 84.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Good 0.2 mi away 0.33 mi est. 80.3 A8
Academy converter Primary No current grade 0.3 mi away 0.29 mi 2025/26 87.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Ungraded inspection, March 2025: improved significantly 0.4 mi away 0.27 mi est. 76.0% KS2
Community school Primary Report card 0.4 mi away 0.23 mi est. no figure
Local authority nursery school Nursery No current grade 0.4 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent special school Special No current grade 0.5 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school All-through fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 0.5 mi away no figure no figure
Special post 16 institution Special No current grade 0.5 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school All-through fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 0.6 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Good 0.6 mi away 1.5 mi 2025/26 90.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary No current grade 0.8 mi away 0.67 mi est. 57.7 A8
Community school Primary No current grade 0.9 mi away 0.28 mi est. 64.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.0 mi away 0.25 mi est. 61.0% KS2
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.0 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Secondary Good 1.0 mi away 0.68 mi est. 57.2 A8
Academy converter Secondary Good 1.0 mi away 0.6 mi est. 52.4 A8
Academy converter Secondary Report card 1.0 mi away 0.89 mi est. 61.6 A8
Academy converter Secondary No current grade 1.0 mi away 0.43 mi est. 46.8 A8
Academy converter Secondary Good 1.1 mi away 0.35 mi est. 45.0 A8
Academy converter Primary Ungraded inspection, May 2025: standards maintained 1.1 mi away 2.06 mi 2025/26 79.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary No current grade 1.1 mi away 0.51 mi est. 50.7 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.1 mi away 0.37 mi est. no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.1 mi away 0.45 mi est. 71.0% KS2
Foundation school Primary Report card 1.1 mi away 0.25 mi est. 79.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary No current grade 1.1 mi away 0.35 mi est. 69.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary No current grade 1.2 mi away 0.75 mi 2025/26 84.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.2 mi away 0.2 mi est. 74.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 1.2 mi away 0.68 mi 2025/26 no figure
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 1.3 mi away 0.73 mi 2025/26 76.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.3 mi away 0.29 mi est. 48.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Ungraded inspection, November 2024: improved significantly 1.3 mi away 0.19 mi est. 79.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.4 mi away 0.37 mi est. 73.0% KS2
Free schools Secondary Outstanding 1.4 mi away 0.79 mi est. 58.2 A8
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.4 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary No current grade 1.4 mi away 0.24 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 1.5 mi away 0.24 mi est. no figure
Academy converter Primary Ungraded inspection, November 2024: standards maintained 1.5 mi away 0.32 mi est. 78.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.5 mi away no figure no figure
Academy special converter Special Good 1.5 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 1.5 mi away 1.68 mi 2025/26 63.0% KS2
Foundation school Primary Good 1.5 mi away 0.42 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.5 mi away 1.38 mi 2025/26 no figure
Academy converter Secondary Report card 1.6 mi away 1.36 mi est. 80.5 A8
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.6 mi away 0.87 mi 2025/26 46.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.6 mi away 0.22 mi est. 77.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.6 mi away 0.37 mi est. 94.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary No current grade 1.7 mi away 0.58 mi est. 62.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.7 mi away 0.35 mi est. 71.0% KS2
Foundation school Primary Good 1.8 mi away 1.12 mi 2025/26 75.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 1.8 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Secondary Outstanding 1.8 mi away 0.56 mi est. 46.6 A8
Local authority nursery school Nursery Good 1.8 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary Good 1.8 mi away 0.21 mi est. 65.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Good 1.8 mi away no figure 42.5 A8
Academy converter Primary Ungraded inspection, June 2025: improved significantly 1.9 mi away 0.33 mi est. 85.0% KS2
Foundation school Primary Good 1.9 mi away 0.27 mi est. 67.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.9 mi away 0.3 mi est. 58.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 2.0 mi away 0.36 mi est. 63.0% KS2
Community special school Special Ungraded inspection, March 2025: standards maintained 2.0 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary No current grade 2.3 mi away 1.0 mi varies 68.0% KS2
Other independent school All-through fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.3 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Good 2.3 mi away 0.3 mi est. 63.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.4 mi away 0.3 mi est. no figure
Community school Primary Good 2.4 mi away 0.81 mi est. 43.0% KS2
Community school Primary Ungraded inspection, December 2024: standards maintained 2.5 mi away 0.35 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.5 mi away 0.73 mi est. 76.0% KS2
Community special school Special Good 2.5 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary No current grade 2.5 mi away 0.15 mi est. 93.0% KS2
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.6 mi away no figure no figure
Community special school Special Outstanding 2.6 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent school Primary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.7 mi away no figure no figure
Free schools Primary Outstanding 2.8 mi away 0.25 mi est. 94.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.8 mi away 0.46 mi est. 63.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 2.9 mi away 0.25 mi est. 56.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.9 mi away 1.01 mi est. 67.0% KS2
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.9 mi away no figure 7.0 A8
Community school Primary No current grade 2.9 mi away 1.16 mi varies 93.0% KS2
Voluntary controlled school Secondary No current grade 2.9 mi away 1.49 mi varies 60.5 A8
Other independent school Secondary fee-paying Not Ofsted-rated 2.9 mi away no figure no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 3.0 mi away 0.23 mi est. 74.0% KS2

The table includes 9 fee-paying schools. State schools only

"Admitted from" is how far the last child offered a place lived, in the year shown, from the council's own published figure. Where a council publishes none, "est." is a modelled estimate and meaningfully less reliable. "No limit" means the council's own figure puts the furthest offer beyond any commute, so distance did not decide who got in. Results are the share meeting the expected standard for primaries, and Attainment 8 (A8) for secondaries: the Department for Education published no Progress 8 for 2024/25, because those pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020. A school whose newest year still has a Progress 8 shows it as P8. Nothing here is a catchment boundary: most English schools have none, and the distance moves every year.

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