Harbury Road, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 4LA
10 reasons to choose Barrow Hedges Primary School
Main point of differentiation
Barrow Hedges Primary School is one of the best state primary schools in Sutton, with a Schoolsmith Score® of 72. Its arts and sports programmes are better than most local primary schools. (read the area review here)
School fundamentals
Barrow Hedges Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 5 members of Cirrus Primary Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Barrow Hedges Primary School has three classes per year, and an average class size of 31 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Barrow Hedges Primary School ranks in the top 18% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 37% of schools.
The Barrow Hedges Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips for Years 4 and 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for art, languages and music.
Sport at Barrow Hedges Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. School Games Mark Platinum Award.
The Arts at Barrow Hedges Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 8.00am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Barrow Hedges Primary School
Seaton House School (0.8 miles); Collingwood School (1.6 miles); Sutton High Prep School (1.8 miles).
Stanley Park Junior School (0.7 miles); St Mary’s Roman Catholic Junior School, Carshalton (1 mile); Westbourne Primary School (2.6 miles).
Sutton High School (1.8 miles); Whitgift School (3.7 miles); Croydon Metropolitan College (3.9 miles).
St Philomena’s School (1.2 miles); Overton Grange School (1.4 miles); Sutton Grammar School (1.7 miles).