About

A dynamic partnership

Merton School Sport Partnership s located in the London Borough of Merton and was established in September 2003 through the government funded national PE School Sport & Club Links programme. The Partnership is hosted by Harris Academy Morden and is predominantly funded by its Merton primary and special school members to ensure that physical activity, school sport and PE is well coordinated, delivered in abundance and to a high standard to the students within the borough.

In the pupil census report of Autumn 2024, Merton state schools and academies had around 26,487 students on roll from Reception to Key Stage 5. Of these 540 attended a special school, 1,562 had an EHCP and 3,953 had received support.
14,381 mainstream students were studying at Reception, KS 1 and 2; 9,651 students were studying at KS 3 and 4; and 2,542 studying in Merton schools / academies in KS 5.

Based in South-West London, Merton has a geographical split in terms of social economic factors with the east of the borough encountering more inequality than the west.

More opportunity

In September 2011, due to a reduction in government funding, MSSP reduced in size and became a self-funded entity via a range of avenues but predominantly through its key stakeholders – Merton state schools and academies. Since then, the Partnership has expanded and now also provides a specialist sports provision service, professional development programme and has developed its own Schemes of Work for Primary PE. The majority of the Partnership’s programmes and work remit target children at Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 with more bespoke programmes targeting Key Stages 3, 4 and 5.

For further information please see our ‘Partnership Plan’ and ‘Annual Report’ in the downloads below.