The Royal Sutton School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 6 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Birmingham
Unique reference
144721
Address
Reddicap Heath Road, B75 7DY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
948 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
17.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.7%
Persistent absence
39.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 49.3%
Mixed 11.4%
Caribbean 7.6%
African 7.5%
Unclassified 5.8%
Other White 5.2%
Pakistani 4.1%
Indian 3.4%
Other 3.2%
Other Black 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.73
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 21%
Local authority average 46%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 24%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.1
Local authority average 46.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.01
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award14
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE50
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE29
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE176
English LiteratureGCSE174
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

John Willmott School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
225
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
51
2nd preference
102
3rd preference
126
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
51
2nd preference
30
3rd preference
31
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes25.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
219
105
114
Year 8
189
87
102
Year 9
185
92
93
Year 10
161
87
74
Year 11
194
104
90
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
88.8%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
35.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
14.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
2.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
1.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.8%
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
73.0%
73.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
21.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
15.0%
20.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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