Cheam Common Junior School

What Cheam Common Junior School does

Cheam Common Junior Academy is a four-form entry state-funded junior school located on Kingsmead Avenue in Worcester Park, Surrey, serving approximately 480 pupils across Years 3-6 (ages 7-11). It operates as part of LEO Academy Trust, a multi-academy trust and charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (company number 07543202, head office at 314 Malden Road, Cheam SM3 8EP). The school delivers a comprehensive primary curriculum under the LEO Explorers brand, including English, Maths, Science, Computing, Music, Sport & PE, Modern Foreign Languages, and RSHE, with specialist programmes in Maths and Financial Literacy, Computing, and a 'PedTech' pedagogical technology approach documented in a Learning With Google case study and Texthelp case study.

The school's revenue model is dominated by government per-pupil funding from the Department for Education via local authority admissions, supplemented by fee-based ancillary services: wrap-around care (before/after school), LEO Sports Holiday Camps priced at £22 per day, facilities hire to the local community, and a share of teacher training revenue generated through the trust's Associate College partnership with the National Institute of Teaching (delivering ECF, NPQ and ITT programmes). The GTM motion is community-led: admissions flow through local authority coordination, the school's website (cheamcommon.org.uk), weekly newsletters, an active Twitter account (@CCJacademy), bookable school tours, and the Digital Discovery Days programme that attracted over 600 educators from 200+ MATs and schools. Customer segments include primary pupils (primary), parents/carers seeking wrap-around childcare and communication, and the wider Worcester Park/Surrey community engaging through community hubs and facilities hire.

Recent strategic positioning includes winning the BESA School and Supplier Collaboration Award 2026 with Amazing Schools and VSS Global, launching four community hubs and cafés under 'LEO in the Community' in 2025/26, and hosting ten Digital Discovery Days with 600+ attendees. Technology infrastructure runs on Google Workspace for Education, Arbor MIS, and integrations with CEOP (safeguarding), Cleverbox (website), and Twitter; no proprietary platform or AI/ML capability is disclosed. Leadership comprises Interim Principal N Kelly, with the school governed by the LEO Academy Trust board and an academy committee. The school is not a private, VC- or PE-backed entity, has no funding rounds or M&A activity, and operates as a regulated public-sector educational institution.

Name

Cheam Common Junior School

Legal name

Cheam Common Junior Academy

Website

https://cheamcommon.org.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cheam Common Junior Academy is a state-funded four-form entry junior school in Worcester Park, Surrey, serving approximately 480 pupils aged 7-11, operating within LEO Academy Trust with government per-pupil funding supplemented by wrap-around care, holiday camps and facilities hire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Primary education
• Junior school
• Academy schooling
• Primary curriculum
• State-funded education

Headquarters

HQ city

Worcester Park

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Education Funding: State-funded academy receiving per-pupil funding from the government through the Department for Education and local authority funding formulas.
2. Wrap Around Care Services: Before and after school care services provided to parents for an additional fee.
3. Holiday Club: LEO Sports Holiday Camps and holiday club services during school breaks. Pricing at £22 per day.
4. Facilities Hire: School facilities available for hire to the community.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cheam Common Junior Academy is a four-form entry state-funded junior school operating as part of the LEO Academy Trust. It delivers primary education to pupils in Years 3 through 6 (ages 7 to 11) in Worcester Park, Surrey. The academy provides the national primary curriculum within a multi-academy trust governance structure.

Product overview

Cheam Common Junior Academy is a four-form entry junior school in Surrey operating as part of the LEO Academy Trust. The school offers a comprehensive educational program combining core academic curriculum with specialized programs including Maths and Financial Literacy, Computing, PedTech integration, Music, and Sport & PE. Beyond the classroom, the school provides wrap-around care, extra-curricular clubs, CCJ Radio, and facilities for community hire. The school also hosts Digital Discovery Days for educator professional development and partners with the National Institute of Teaching for teacher training programs. The institution operates under the LEO Explorers brand within the LEO Academy Trust network.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Junior School Education (Years 3-6)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 600 attendees from 200+ MATs and schools engaged through Digital Discovery Days
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Institute of TeachingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 September 2025LEO Academy Trust is an Associate College of the National Institute of Teaching, delivering ECF (Early Career Framework), NPQ (National Professional Qualifications) and ITT (Initial Teacher Training) courses. This partnership enables professional growth and development for teachers.
• LEO Academy TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCheam Common Junior Academy is part of LEO Academy Trust, a multi-academy trust operating schools in the Surrey/Sutton area. The trust provides shared services, governance, professional development, and collaborative educational programmes including LEO Explorers curriculum, LEO Maths, LEO English, LEO Sports, LEO Forest School, and LEO Computing initiatives.
• Amazing SchoolsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner in the BESA School and Supplier Collaboration Award 2026, providing diverse role models and character education programmes to children.
• VSS GlobalminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartner in the BESA School and Supplier Collaboration Award 2026, contributing to character education and personal development initiatives.
• Age UKminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partnership through LEO in the Community initiative, providing Age UK lunches and community engagement activities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• National Institute of Teaching: Provider of ECF, NPQ, and ITT teacher training through a network of Associate Colleges including LEO Academy Trust. Comparable as a partner/ecosystem player rather than a competitor — useful for valuing the training-pipeline element of Cheam Common's offering.

Broad incumbents

• Oasis Community Learning primary academies: National multi-academy trust running numerous state-funded primary schools with an explicit community-hub operating philosophy, mirroring Cheam Common's community café and Age UK partnership model. Useful benchmark for trust-wide community integration strategy.
• Harris Federation primary academies: One of the UK's largest multi-academy trusts operating multiple primary academies across London and the South East. Operates in the same state-funded primary market with shared central services, scale efficiencies, and teacher training pipelines — a benchmark for trust-level leverage Cheam Common accesses via LEO.
• E-ACT primary academies: National academy sponsor operating multiple primary schools including in the South East. Comparable in operating model (state-funded academies under a trust umbrella) but materially larger scale, illustrating the scale-efficiency gap relative to single-academy trusts.
• REAch2 Academy Trust primary schools: One of the UK's largest primary-focused multi-academy trusts with extensive shared-curriculum and professional-development infrastructure. Closely analogous to LEO Academy Trust in being primary-centric with central curriculum and CPD offerings.

Direct peers

• Robin Hood Junior School: UK state junior school covering the same Year 3–6 age range (ages 7–11) with a similar four-form-entry style operating structure. Comparable on curriculum scope, enrichment provision, and per-pupil funding dynamics.
• West Ewell Primary School: Nearby Surrey state primary school of comparable size and demographics, drawing from an overlapping catchment area. Direct comparability on admissions competition, per-pupil funding, and parental expectations.
• Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy: Sister school within the LEO Academy Trust operating under the same LEO Explorers curriculum, shared central services, and Surrey catchment. Most directly comparable peer given identical operating model, governance, and funding structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CCJacademy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cheam-common-junior-school

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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