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Schools near SM5

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.

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

Within 3 miles: 93 schools.

15 Outstanding 37 Good 5 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: SM5 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 SM5 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
Academy converter Secondary Good 116 yd away 0.6 mi est. 52.4 A8
Academy sponsor led Primary No current grade 0.1 mi away 0.35 mi est. 69.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 0.2 mi away 0.37 mi est. no figure
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 0.2 mi away 0.68 mi 2025/26 no figure
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 0.3 mi away 0.45 mi est. 71.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Secondary Good 0.3 mi away 0.68 mi est. 57.2 A8
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 0.4 mi away 0.25 mi est. 61.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Ungraded inspection, November 2024: standards maintained 0.5 mi away 0.32 mi est. 78.0% KS2
Foundation school Primary Report card 0.6 mi away 0.25 mi est. 79.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Good 0.7 mi away 0.35 mi est. 45.0 A8
Academy converter Secondary No current grade 0.8 mi away 0.67 mi est. 57.7 A8
Community school Primary Good 0.8 mi away 0.35 mi est. 71.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Outstanding 0.9 mi away 0.49 mi est. 77.7 A8
Academy converter Primary No current grade 0.9 mi away 0.29 mi 2025/26 87.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Good 0.9 mi away 0.33 mi est. 80.3 A8
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.0 mi away 0.35 mi est. 72.0% KS2
Foundation school Primary Good 1.0 mi away 1.12 mi 2025/26 75.0% KS2
Foundation school Primary Good 1.0 mi away 0.42 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.0 mi away 1.38 mi 2025/26 no figure
Academy converter Primary No current grade 1.0 mi away 0.58 mi est. 62.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Ungraded inspection, March 2025: improved significantly 1.0 mi away 0.27 mi est. 76.0% KS2
Academy special converter Special Good 1.0 mi away no figure no figure
Foundation school Primary Good 1.0 mi away 0.3 mi est. no figure
Local authority nursery school Nursery Good 1.1 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Good 1.2 mi away 0.29 mi est. 48.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 1.2 mi away 0.73 mi 2025/26 76.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 1.2 mi away 0.19 mi est. 84.0% KS2
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.2 mi away no figure no figure
Special post 16 institution Special No current grade 1.2 mi away no figure no figure
Community school Primary No current grade 1.3 mi away 0.28 mi est. 64.0% KS2
Foundation special school Special Good 1.4 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary Good 1.4 mi away 0.87 mi 2025/26 46.0% KS2
Community school Primary Report card 1.4 mi away 0.23 mi est. no figure
Local authority nursery school Nursery No current grade 1.4 mi away no figure no figure
Other independent special school Special No current grade 1.5 mi away no figure no figure
Academy converter Primary Good 1.5 mi away 0.31 mi est. 65.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 1.5 mi away 0.24 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 1.5 mi away 1.5 mi 2025/26 90.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 1.6 mi away 0.22 mi est. 77.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Outstanding 1.6 mi away 0.29 mi est. 80.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Good 1.6 mi away no figure 42.5 A8
Academy converter Secondary Report card 1.6 mi away 0.89 mi est. 61.6 A8
Academy converter Secondary No current grade 1.6 mi away 0.43 mi est. 46.8 A8
Academy converter Primary Good 1.7 mi away 0.2 mi est. 74.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Outstanding 1.7 mi away 0.56 mi est. 46.6 A8
Academy converter Secondary No current grade 1.7 mi away 0.53 mi est. 80.5 A8
Foundation school Primary Good 1.7 mi away 0.25 mi est. 58.0% KS2
Academy special converter Special No current grade 1.7 mi away no figure no figure
Foundation school Primary Report card 1.8 mi away 0.65 mi 2025/26 65.0% KS2
Free schools Secondary Outstanding 1.8 mi away 0.79 mi est. 58.2 A8
Academy converter Secondary Outstanding 1.9 mi away 0.61 mi est. 86.9 A8
Community school Primary Good 2.0 mi away 0.81 mi est. 43.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 2.0 mi away 0.39 mi est. no figure
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 2.0 mi away 0.39 mi est. no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary Report card 2.0 mi away 0.29 mi est. 31.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.1 mi away 0.73 mi est. 76.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Outstanding 2.2 mi away 1.68 mi 2025/26 63.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.2 mi away 0.3 mi est. 58.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Secondary Good 2.2 mi away 0.86 mi est. 55.6 A8
Community school Primary Good 2.2 mi away 0.21 mi est. 65.0% KS2
Community special school Special Ungraded inspection, March 2025: standards maintained 2.2 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Secondary No current grade 2.3 mi away 0.49 mi est. 39.1 A8
Community special school Special Good 2.3 mi away no figure no figure
Community special school Special Outstanding 2.3 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Primary No current grade 2.3 mi away 0.15 mi est. 93.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.4 mi away 0.2 mi est. 64.0% KS2
Voluntary aided school Primary Good 2.5 mi away 0.23 mi est. 74.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 2.6 mi away 0.51 mi varies 79.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Secondary Outstanding 2.7 mi away 0.33 mi est. 46.1 A8
Community school Primary Ungraded inspection, December 2024: standards maintained 2.7 mi away 0.35 mi est. 70.0% KS2
Academy sponsor led Primary Outstanding 2.7 mi away 0.29 mi est. 78.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 2.7 mi away 1.0 mi varies 68.0% KS2
Other independent special school Special No current grade 2.7 mi away no figure no figure
Academy sponsor led Secondary Outstanding 2.7 mi away 0.63 mi est. 53.7 A8
Community school Primary No current grade 2.7 mi away 0.25 mi est. 56.0% KS2
Community school Primary No current grade 2.8 mi away 0.22 mi est. 38.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.8 mi away 0.29 mi est. 67.0% KS2
Academy converter Primary Good 2.8 mi away 1.01 mi est. 67.0% KS2
Community school Primary Good 2.8 mi away 0.19 mi est. 64.0% KS2
Academy converter Secondary Good 2.9 mi away no figure 46.1 A8
Free schools Primary Outstanding 2.9 mi away 0.25 mi est. 94.0% KS2
Community school Primary Ungraded inspection, January 2025: standards maintained 2.9 mi away 0.25 mi varies 68.0% KS2

11 fee-paying schools are left out of this table: Ofsted grades few of them and none publishes an admission distance. Show them as well · Fee-paying 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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