Secondary school

Sutton Community Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Nottinghamshire
  • NG17 1EE
  • Sixth form
Ofsted report card · inspected Apr 2026

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,868 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 88%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 75%75%2016/17: top 76%2017/18: top 84%2018/19: top 78%2021/22: top 86%2022/23: top 85%2023/24: top 90%2024/25: top 88%No exams

A-level results

#171 of 190 East Midlands sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against East Midlands

Attainment 837.6 · East Midlands 452/10 Well below East Midlands
Grade 5+ English and maths37.1% · East Midlands 41.6%4/10 Below+15.6 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score3.03 · East Midlands 3.921/10 Well below East Midlands−12.7 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.45 · East Midlands −0.063/10 Below−28.7 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry26.39 · East Midlands 33.221/10 Well below East Midlands
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 46.2 · 105 pupils · East Midlands 49.32016/17: 41.4 · 93 pupils · East Midlands 452017/18: 39.2 · 109 pupils · East Midlands 44.652018/19: 40.7 · 109 pupils · East Midlands 45.72021/22: 40.7 · 112 pupils · East Midlands 47.52022/23: 38.5 · 148 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 36.3 · 152 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 37.6 · 124 pupils · East Midlands 45.0546.236.3No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 23% · 93 pupils · East Midlands 39%2017/18: 22% · 109 pupils · East Midlands 39.5%2018/19: 27% · 109 pupils · East Midlands 40%2021/22: 35% · 112 pupils · East Midlands 46%2022/23: 26% · 148 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 23% · 152 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 37.1% · 124 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%37.1%22%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 21.86 · 34 pupils · East Midlands 28.712016/17: 25.33 · 24 pupils · East Midlands 28.822017/18: 25.76 · 29 pupils · East Midlands 29.892018/19: 27.64 · 33 pupils · East Midlands 30.462021/22: 34.81 · 19 pupils · East Midlands 36.542022/23: 29.6 · 20 pupils · East Midlands 32.222023/24: 24.18 · 31 pupils · East Midlands 31.622024/25: 26.39 · 31 pupils · East Midlands 33.2234.8121.86No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
114 of 114 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st114114
2nd1861
3rd600

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2010–2026

  • InclusionExpected
  • AchievementNeeds attention
  • Curriculum and teachingExpected
  • Attendance and behaviourExpected
  • Leadership and governanceExpected
  • Personal development and wellbeingExpected
  • Post-16 provisionExpected
  • SafeguardingMet
  1. 2010Satisfactoryas predecessor
  2. 2014Requires improvement
  3. 2016Good
  4. 2019Inadequate
  5. 2019Ungraded visit
  6. 2021Ungraded visit
  7. 2022Good
  8. 2026Lowest Needs attention

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026796
Free school meals (past 6 years)46.1%
First language not English12.4%
SEN support15.5%
EHC plan3.0%
Absence (sessions missed)8.2%
Persistently absent pupils24.3%

Girls 51.8%Boys 48.3%

88.4% full · 900 places · 52 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher17.6
Pupils per adult12.3
  • Classroom teachers 38.2
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 13.5
  • Other support 21.2

Teachers 45.2 FTE · Whole workforce 79.9 · 98 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£16,133
Spend per pupil£12,974
Staff spend per pupil£9,115
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£2,537,000in-year balance

Grants £15,062 · self-generated £1,071 · premises £929 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ACADEMY TRANSFORMATION TRUST (21 academies) · trust reserve £2,025,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

152 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained86.2%
  • Education80.9%
  • Apprenticeship2%
  • Employment3.3%
  • Not sustained9.9%
  • Unknown3.9%

After sixth form (16–18)

37 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained89.2%
  • Education48.6%
  • Higher education40.5%
  • Apprenticeship8.1%
  • Employment32.4%
  • Not sustained8.1%
  • Unknown2.7%