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Sutton CofE VA Primary School

Primary · Sutton · SG19 2NE

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 18 November 2025 · report published 21 January 2026

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At a glance

98 pupils · 93% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
4.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.suttonprimary.co.uk
URN
109626

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 3300.35 m (≈2.05 mi); distance decided places in 4 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2022 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 18 November 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 3300.35 m (≈2.05 mi) for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 3300.35 m (≈2.05 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

no data

Reaching the higher standard

no data

Average scaled score (reading)

no data

Average scaled score (maths)

no data

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Central Bedfordshire 70%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Central Bedfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Central Bedfordshire 3%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Central Bedfordshire 8%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Central Bedfordshire 0%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Central Bedfordshire 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Central Bedfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Central Bedfordshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Central Bedfordshire 3%, England 2%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Central Bedfordshire: 3.50 suspensions and 0.05 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,178; 14.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,799
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £109,126; in-year balance -£434

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher32.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work41.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72.2%62.3%
Social housing14.6%17.1%
Privately rented13.2%20.5%
Detached houses45.3%22.9%
Flats0.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms44.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017425 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£552,50014 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£424,000–£594,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£565,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (3.30 km, 2026 entry): 607 sales, median £367,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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