Wilson's School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 29 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sutton
Unique reference
136621
Address
Mollison Drive, SM6 9JW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1313 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
47.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.3%
Persistent absence
1.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 43.6%
Other Asian 21.1%
Chinese 7.2%
Mixed 6.6%
White British 5.3%
Pakistani 5.1%
African 3%
Other White 2.9%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other 1.1%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.51
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 100%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 69%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 86.4
Local authority average 59.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 8.56
Local authority average 5.42
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)4
D&T Product DesignAS level20
Art & DesignGCSE14
BiologyGCSE181
Business Studies:SingleGCSE143
ChemistryGCSE181
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE47
English LanguageGCSE184
English LiteratureGCSE184
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wilson's School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
212
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
416
2nd preference
206
3rd preference
70
From another Local Authority
574
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
135
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
192
192
0
Year 8
189
189
0
Year 9
193
193
0
Year 10
186
186
0
Year 11
190
190
0
Year 12
179
179
0
Year 13
184
184
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
94.4%
86.5%
Further education
0.0%
18.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
97.0%
70.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
1.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
97.0%
83.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
87.0%
43.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
81.0%
38.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
14.0%
3.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020