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Sutton Community Academy

Secondary · Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 1EE

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Needs attention

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: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Expected standard

Inspected 21 April 2026 · report published 9 June 2026

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At a glance

796 pupils · 88% of 900 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
46.3% of pupils
English as additional language
12.4% of pupils
SEN support
15.5% of pupils
EHC plan
3% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.suttonacademy.attrust.org.uk
URN
139063

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

118 places offered · 114 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

124 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
37.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
48.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
37.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C-
26.4
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.7%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 12% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£12,974
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
86%
Continuing in education
82%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
0%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
50%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
23%
Any sustained destination
81%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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