Free schools · Nottinghamshire

The Suthers School

11–19Ages
684Pupils
SecondaryPhase
144768URN

Cross Lane, Fernwood, Newark, NG24 3NH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.7per place

0.4 above Nottinghamshire median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Nottinghamshire

405 applications for 149 places · 17th of 43 in Nottinghamshire

Every year since 2018

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

43.6of 90

Nottinghamshire 46.8 England 46.0

32nd of 45 in Nottinghamshire

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 12 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		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

2.7applications per place, Year 7

0.4 above Nottinghamshire median (2.4) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

405 applications · 149 places offered · 162 named it first

2026 2.7; Nottinghamshire median median 2.4
2025 2.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.3
2024 2.5; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
2023 2.4; Nottinghamshire median median 2.2
2022 3.1; Nottinghamshire median median 2.1
2021 2.9; Nottinghamshire median median 2.0
2020 2.3; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
2019 2.2; Nottinghamshire median median 1.9
2018 2.4; Nottinghamshire median median 1.7

More applications per place than the Nottinghamshire median in 9 of 9 years.

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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	149	405	2.7	162	1.09
Sep 2025	149	371	2.5	136	0.91
Sep 2024	144	356	2.5	136	0.94
Sep 2023	121	287	2.4	89	0.74
Sep 2022	120	367	3.1	133	1.11
Sep 2021	120	347	2.9	156	1.30
Sep 2020	120	274	2.3	115	0.96
Sep 2019	60	129	2.2	51	0.85
Sep 2018	48	116	2.4	43	0.90

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

119 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)43.632nd of 45 in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire 46.8 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths43%29th of 45 in Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire 46% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%

Nottinghamshire 68% England 66%

This school
Nottinghamshire median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.20

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	119	43.6	43%	69%	–
2024/25	123	46.4	52%	76%	–
2023/24	72	41.4	44%	64%	−0.20
2022/23	50	41.7	36%	70%	−0.15

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

The Suthers SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

2.7applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
The Newark Academy
2.4 km · Nottinghamshire

Improved significantly2025

2.3applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
Magnus Church of England Academy
3.5 km · Nottinghamshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.4applications per place 40.4Attainment 8
The Priory Belvoir Academy
11.8 km · Leicestershire

Remains Good2024

2.6applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
The Minster School
12.6 km · Nottinghamshire

Good2023

55.5Attainment 8
Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn
14.3 km · Lincolnshire

Standards maintained2024

2.6applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
Toot Hill School
15.8 km · Nottinghamshire

Good2022

2.3applications per place 55.2Attainment 8
The Priory Ruskin Academy
15.9 km · Lincolnshire

2026

3.1applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
The King's School, Grantham
16.6 km · Lincolnshire

Good2022

2.0applications per place 73.2Attainment 8 Selective

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: Free schools
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 144768 · 891/4024
Trust: Nova Education Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 830 pupils · 684 on roll
Free school meals: 27.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2017
Address: Cross Lane, Fernwood, Newark, NG24 3NH
Local authority: Nottinghamshire · Newark and Sherwood

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