Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in SuttonSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Exceptional | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 10 February 2026Report card · 1 Exceptional, 6 Strong standard
- 25 May 2021Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry1,033 applications · 208 places offered · 274 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 5.0; Sutton median median 4.5
- 2025 5.1; Sutton median median 4.5
- 2024 4.7; Sutton median median 4.7
- 2023 4.5; Sutton median median 4.4
- 2022 4.5; Sutton median median 4.1
- 2021 6.4; Sutton median median 5.8
- 2020 3.8; Sutton median median 4.0
- 2019 4.4; Sutton median median 3.9
- 2018 4.0; Sutton median median 3.7
- 2017 4.0; Sutton median median 4.0
- 2016 3.6; Sutton median median 3.6
- 2015 4.0; Sutton median median 4.1
- 2014 4.3; Sutton median median 4.3
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 208 | 1,033 | 5.0 | 274 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2025 | 208 | 1,052 | 5.1 | 340 | 1.63 |
| Sep 2024 | 209 | 990 | 4.7 | 304 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2023 | 210 | 939 | 4.5 | 301 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2022 | 209 | 941 | 4.5 | 359 | 1.72 |
| Sep 2021 | 210 | 1,336 | 6.4 | 415 | 1.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 238 | 909 | 3.8 | 314 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2019 | 210 | 917 | 4.4 | 329 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2018 | 210 | 846 | 4.0 | 279 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2017 | 210 | 838 | 4.0 | 252 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2016 | 210 | 755 | 3.6 | 250 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2015 | 197 | 784 | 4.0 | 254 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2014 | 175 | 760 | 4.3 | 276 | 1.58 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 204 | 81.8 | 100% | 100% | – |
| 2024/25 | 233 | 80.5 | 99% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 209 | 81.3 | 99% | 100% | +1.02 |
| 2022/23 | 206 | 82.3 | 100% | 100% | +1.11 |
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
- Nonsuch High School for GirlsThis schoolThis school20265.0applications per place 81.8Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.3 km · SuttonGraded · no overall grade20254.5applications per place 53.1Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · SuttonGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · SuttonOutstanding20238.8applications per place 58.7Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · SurreyOutstanding20233.1applications per place 56.4Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · SuttonGood20226.0applications per place 82.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.0 km · SurreyStandards maintained20244.2applications per place 51.1Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Sutton20267.9applications per place 63.6Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · Surrey20263.2applications per place 39.4Attainment 8
- 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
- 136795 · 319/5401
- Trust
- Girls' Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,283 pupils · 1,494 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2011
- Replaced
- Nonsuch High School for Girls (URN 103008)
- Address
- Ewell Road, Cheam, Ewell Road, Cheam Surrey, Sutton, SM3 8AB
- Local authority
- Sutton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources