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Sutton Community Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 796Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 139063URN

High Pavement, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 1EE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.2per place
0.9 above Nottinghamshire median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Nottinghamshire

380 applications for 118 places · 7th of 43 in Nottinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.1of 90
41st of 45 in Nottinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 9 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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. 21 April 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 26 April 2022
    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
3.2applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Nottinghamshire median (2.4) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

380 applications · 118 places offered · 114 named it first

  1. 2026 3.2; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.6; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
  5. 2022 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1
  6. 2021 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
  7. 2020 1.7; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
  8. 2019 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7
  10. 2017 1.9; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.8; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
  12. 2015 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
  13. 2014 2.3; Nottinghamshire median median 1.8
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire 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 20261183803.21140.97
Sep 20251644112.51540.94
Sep 20241473862.61260.86
Sep 20231413852.7990.70
Sep 20221703291.91040.61
Sep 20211492851.91100.74
Sep 20201632731.71020.63
Sep 20191683011.81470.88
Sep 20181663031.81390.84
Sep 20171222301.9970.80
Sep 20161372461.81070.78
Sep 20151162532.2960.83
Sep 20141052422.31000.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

139 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.141st of 45 in Nottinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths32%39th of 45 in Nottinghamshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths50%
  • This school
  • Nottinghamshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.45
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13939.132%50%–
2024/2512437.637%48%–
2023/2415236.323%40%−0.45
2022/2314838.526%50%−0.24

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
139063 · 891/4015
Trust
Academy Transformation Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
900 pupils · 796 on roll
Free school meals
46.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2013
Replaced
Sutton Centre Community College (URN 122841)
Address
High Pavement, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 1EE
Local authority
Nottinghamshire · Ashfield

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