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Overton Grange School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 47.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
45% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.17 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 46.8[6] 35.9%[6]
2023/24 47.1[4] 40.5%[4] -0.17[4]
2022/23 47.3[7] 38%[7] -0.10[7]
2021/22 47.3[8] 44%[8] -0.25[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
8.2% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C-[10] 6.1%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 6.3%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 4.2%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 4.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
49% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
43% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[15] 47%[15] 9%[15] 35%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 61%[16] 8%[16] 22%[16] 2%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 54%[17] 4%[17] 34%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 54%[18] 3%[18] 35%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
73% 2022/23[19]
Education
75% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 82%[20] 67%[20] 70%[20] 2%[20] 10%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 60%[21] 63%[21] 2%[21] 22%[21]
2019/20 85%[22] 53%[22] 66%[22] 2%[22] 17%[22]
2018/19 92%[23] 52%[23] 60%[23] 18%[23] 15%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
82% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
19% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
14% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 75%[26] 25%[26]
2019/20 73%[25] 18%[25] 14%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 67%[27] 11%[27] 7%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 65%[28] 10%[28] 5%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
10 Dec 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
21 Jan 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Requires improvement[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Requires improvement[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
19 Mar 2019[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
457 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
40 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
226 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 538[32] 67[32] 211[32] 2.5[32] 0.3[32]
Entry Sept 2024 620[32] 53[32] 217[32] 2.9[32] 0.2[32]
Entry Sept 2023 833[32] 82[32] 260[32] 3.2[32] 0.3[32]
Entry Sept 2022 761[32] 63[32] 265[32] 2.9[32] 0.2[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1330[1]
Trust
OVERTON GRANGE SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Sutton[1]
Website
http://www.overtongrange.sutton.sch.uk/[1]
District
Sutton[33]
Postcode
SM2 6TQ[1]
URN
136756[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1120 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
33.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
9.2% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
28.9% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
50.7%[35]
Mixed
10.7%[35]
Asian
20.1%[35]
Black
14.2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.8%[35]
Unclassified
1.4%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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