Sutton Community Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 26 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
139063
Address
High Pavement, NG17 1EE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
800 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
48.3%
Girls
51.7%
First language not English
12.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.6%
Persistent absence
23.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 79.5%
Other White 6.4%
Mixed 4.8%
African 3.3%
Other Asian 1.5%
Other 1.1%
Unclassified 1%
Indian 0.9%
Pakistani 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 20%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 37.3
Local authority average 46.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award24
Health StudiesTechnical Award12
Speech & DramaTechnical Award12
Art & DesignGCSE43
BiologyGCSE35
ChemistryGCSE35
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE123
English LiteratureGCSE123
FrenchGCSE28
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Sutton Community Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
164
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
154
2nd preference
172
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
153
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
155
76
79
Year 8
160
79
81
Year 9
166
74
92
Year 10
143
70
73
Year 11
124
72
52
Year 12
22
6
16
Year 13
30
9
21
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
83.7%
85.5%
Further education
57.0%
42.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
22.0%
36.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
4.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
5.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
68.0%
62.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
22.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
3.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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