Community special school

Perseid School

Mixed · ages 3–19 · with sixth formMerton, London · Morden SM4 5LTSchool website
Pupils on roll
186of 196 places
Free school meals
50.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
9
Ofsted
Standards maintained, 15 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 7 pupils who finished Year 11 at Perseid School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Perseid School’s own sixth form (Merton average 60%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Merton and England.

Perseid School
Merton
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasurePerseid SchoolMertonEngland
Pupils in the cohort71,711607,348
Any sustained destination100%93%92%
Stayed in education100%92%86%
— school sixth form0%60%34%
— sixth form college0%6%13%
— further education college0%23%37%
— other education100%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination0%4%6%
Destination unknown0%3%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Merton

Harris Academy Merton

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,371 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.7

Harris Academy Morden

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 873 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6

Rutlish School

Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 1,471 pupils

95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 60.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.