Schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield
Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire has 16 schools in the catchment.school database, including 13 primaries and 2 secondaries – Quarrydale Academy and Sutton Community Academy – coordinated by Nottinghamshire County Council. The area has one of the highest pressure-on-places profiles in the county: the average fill rate across schools with published capacity data is 97%, and six schools are currently at or above their published admission number.
Ten of the 16 schools are academies operating under their own oversubscription criteria. Two hold a Church of England designation. At six schools running at or above capacity, catchment distance is decisive at the next intake and families near a catchment boundary face a meaningful risk of not securing their preferred school. Six of eight Ofsted-rated schools are rated Good or Outstanding. Nottinghamshire County Council publishes annual admissions guidance and last-distance-offered data each September.
School demand in Sutton-in-Ashfield
Across the 16 schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 97%. 6 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
2 schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
10 of the schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Nottinghamshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield: 5 oversubscribed (13)
Croft Primary School
Primary · Community school
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 5FJ
Priestsic Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 4BB
Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 3FQ
Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 4JA
St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 3DW
Skegby Junior Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 3FH
St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 2HR
Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 5BB
Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 1HU
Hillocks Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 4ND
Forest Glade Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 4FL
Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 2HT
Woodland View Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Sutton-in-Ashfield · NG17 2LH
Secondary Schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield (2)
Other Schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield are set by Nottinghamshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.