St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Sutton · SM3 9DL
Data updated
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 29 November 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
465 pupils · 112% of 417 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 4.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.stcecilias.school
- URN
- 151891
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 70 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.17 first choices per place. We hold 4 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2019 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 29 November 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.17 first-choice applications per place60 places offered · 70 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Sutton (Sutton) school admissions · Sutton school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 41% (Sutton 37%, England 60%) · Any other White background 14% (Sutton 11%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Sutton 5%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 7% (Sutton 8%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 6% (Sutton 10%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Sutton 3%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Sutton 5%, England 1%) · Black African 3% (Sutton 5%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Sutton 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Sutton 1%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Sutton 4%, England 5%) · White Irish 2% (Sutton 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 40.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 14.1% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 43.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 11% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 55.1% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 87.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 1.2% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 11.6% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 15.7% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 8.4% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 25% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 14.6% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004196 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £520,000644 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £420,000–£600,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
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
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 5an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 51an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 5an urban school averages 6.1
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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