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Sutton Grammar School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,061Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • BoysPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136787URN

Manor Lane, Sutton, SM1 4AS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
6.0per place
1.5 above Sutton median (4.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in SuttonSelective

956 applications for 160 places · 5th of 15 in Sutton
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
82.6of 90
2nd of 15 in Sutton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 22 June 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
6.0applications per place, Year 7
1.5 above Sutton median (4.5) 3.8 above England median (2.2)

956 applications · 160 places offered · 128 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 6.0; Sutton median median 4.5
  2. 2025 5.0; Sutton median median 4.5
  3. 2024 5.5; Sutton median median 4.7
  4. 2023 5.6; Sutton median median 4.4
  5. 2022 5.5; Sutton median median 4.1
  6. 2021 8.5; Sutton median median 5.8
  7. 2020 5.5; Sutton median median 4.0
  8. 2019 5.0; Sutton median median 3.9
  9. 2018 5.3; Sutton median median 3.7
  10. 2017 5.0; Sutton median median 4.0
  11. 2016 4.4; Sutton median median 3.6
  12. 2015 6.1; Sutton median median 4.1
  13. 2014 6.0; Sutton median median 4.3
More applications per place than the Sutton median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Sutton median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261609566.01280.80
Sep 20251597905.0990.62
Sep 20241488115.51030.70
Sep 20231508465.61030.69
Sep 20221498135.51380.93
Sep 20211481,2538.52331.57
Sep 20201488135.51470.99
Sep 20191507445.01541.03
Sep 20181507995.31781.19
Sep 20171497475.01861.25
Sep 20161325864.41100.83
Sep 20151267646.12562.03
Sep 20141207216.02572.14

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

134 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)82.62nd of 15 in Sutton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths100%1st of 15 in Sutton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Sutton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.16
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13482.6100%100%–
2024/2513380.399%100%–
2023/2413582.6100%100%+1.16
2022/2313579.2100%100%+0.82

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136787 · 319/5404
Trust
Sutton Grammar School Trust
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
840 pupils · 1,061 on roll
Free school meals
1.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 June 2011
Replaced
Sutton Grammar School for Boys (URN 103011)
Address
Manor Lane, Sutton, SM1 4AS
Local authority
Sutton

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources