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Glenthorne High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,754Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136914URN

Sutton Common Road, Sutton, SM3 9PS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
7.9per place
3.4 above Sutton median (4.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in SuttonSelective

2,001 applications for 255 places · 2nd of 15 in Sutton
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
63.6of 90
6th of 15 in Sutton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 January 2026Published 23 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExceptional
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong 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

  1. 6 January 2026
    Report card · 2 Exceptional, 5 Strong standard
  2. 24 November 2021
    Graded inspection: Good

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
7.9applications per place, Year 7
3.4 above Sutton median (4.5) 5.6 above England median (2.2)

2,001 applications · 255 places offered · 481 named it first

  1. 2026 7.9; Sutton median median 4.5
  2. 2025 7.9; Sutton median median 4.5
  3. 2024 7.6; Sutton median median 4.7
  4. 2023 8.0; Sutton median median 4.4
  5. 2022 6.6; Sutton median median 4.1
  6. 2021 6.5; Sutton median median 5.8
  7. 2020 6.9; Sutton median median 4.0
  8. 2019 7.0; Sutton median median 3.9
  9. 2018 6.6; Sutton median median 3.7
  10. 2017 6.2; Sutton median median 4.0
  11. 2016 5.8; Sutton median median 3.6
  12. 2015 5.5; Sutton median median 4.1
  13. 2014 5.5; 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

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 20262552,0017.94811.89
Sep 20252371,8677.94421.86
Sep 20242381,8047.64671.96
Sep 20232431,9328.05312.19
Sep 20222791,8346.64901.76
Sep 20212871,8536.55601.95
Sep 20202811,9516.95822.07
Sep 20192541,7837.04831.90
Sep 20182551,6946.64961.95
Sep 20172571,6026.24561.77
Sep 20162501,4545.83711.48
Sep 20152391,3095.53861.62
Sep 20142421,3315.53301.36

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

285 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)63.66th of 15 in Sutton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths80%6th of 15 in Sutton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths90%
  • This school
  • Sutton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.75
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)28563.680%90%–
2024/2527061.675%88%–
2023/2426060.876%90%+0.75
2022/2325661.473%89%+0.75

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136914 · 319/4011
Trust
The Willow Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,558 pupils · 1,754 on roll
Free school meals
14.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Glenthorne High School (URN 103002)
Address
Sutton Common Road, Sutton, SM3 9PS
Local authority
Sutton

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