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Sutton Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 83 82.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL A- A- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
82.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
100% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
88.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.16 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 80.3[6] 99.2%[6]
2023/24 82.6[4] 100%[4] +1.16[4]
2022/23 79.2[7] 100%[7] +0.82[7]
2021/22 81.5[8] 100%[8] +0.73[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
A- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
61.5% 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 B+[10] 54.7%[10]
2022/23 B+[11] 49.1%[11]
2021/22 A[12] 65.9%[12]
2018/19 B+[13] 49.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
96% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
0% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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 99%[15] 99%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 96%[16] 1%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 100%[17] 99%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 97%[18] 2%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
75% 2022/23[19]
Education
76% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
7% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 79%[20] 80%[20] 1%[20] 10%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 79%[21] 81%[21] 0%[21] 9%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 79%[22] 80%[22] 1%[22] 8%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 74%[23] 75%[23] 1%[23] 15%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
93% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
78% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
69% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
8% 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 96%[26] 82%[26]
2019/20 92%[25] 80%[25] 69%[25] 8%[25]
2018/19 94%[27] 69%[27] 63%[27] 6%[27]
2017/18 89%[28] 75%[28] 64%[28] 7%[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
22 Jun 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
21 Sep 2022[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
6.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
956 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
128 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
160 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 790[30] 99[30] 159[30] 5.0[30] 0.6[30]
Entry Sept 2024 811[30] 103[30] 148[30] 5.5[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2023 846[30] 103[30] 150[30] 5.6[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2022 813[30] 138[30] 149[30] 5.5[30] 0.9[30]

Priority areas

Priority postcode area
Postcodes CR0 4, CR4, KT17, KT4, SM1, SM2, SM3, SM4, SM5, SM6, SM7 Entry Sept 2027[31]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[32]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
150 Entry Sept 2027[31]
Test registration closes
31 Jul 2027 Entry Sept 2028[33]
Test registration opens
1 May 2026 Entry Sept 2027[32]
Test registration opens, 11+ entry
1 May 2027 Entry Sept 2028[33]
Entrance test
Selective Eligibility Test (SET) Entry Sept 2027[32]
Entrance test date
14 Sep 2027 Entry Sept 2028[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
840[1]
Trust
SUTTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL TRUST[1]
Local authority
Sutton[1]
Website
http://www.suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk/[1]
District
Sutton[34]
Postcode
SM1 4AS[1]
URN
136787[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1043 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
36.1% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
6.3% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
0.8% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
2.6% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
20.5%[36]
Mixed
28.5%[36]
Asian
43.4%[36]
Black
2.3%[36]
Any other ethnic group
4%[36]
Unclassified
1.5%[36]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  31. suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk: suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk — Admissions Policy Year 7 entry 2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (3)
    Up to 10 places for boys who qualify for receipt of Pupil Premium Funding** at the date of registration for the SET where the home address for the boy*** is one of the following postcodes: SM1-7, KT4, KT17, CR0 4--, CR4, by rank order of the combined scores in the SET and the School's second stage test. (p. 3)
    4. 75 places by rank order of the combined scores in the SET and the School's second stage test where the home address of the boy** is in one of the following postcodes: SM1-7, KT4, KT17, CR0 4--, CR4. (p. 3)
    The Published Admissions Number (PAN) for Year 7 is 150. (p. 1)
  32. suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk: suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk — Faqs. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (3)
    The closing date for submission of the CAF is 31 October 2026. (p. 1)
    you must register your child to take the Selective Eligibility Test by completing the online Registration Form which can be accessed using the link on our website, from 1 May 2026. (p. 1)
    The "participating schools" in the Selective Eligibility Test, "SET", are Greenshaw High School, Nonsuch High School for Girls, Sutton Grammar School, Wallington County Grammar School, Wallington High School for Girls and Wilson's School. (p. 1)
  33. suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk: suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk — Admissions. Period 2026-10-14. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (3)
    Registration for Selective Eligibility Test Closes July 31 2027 (p. 1)
    Registration for Selective Eligibility Test Opens May 1 2027 (p. 1)
    Expected Selective Eligibility Test September 14 2027 (p. 1)
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