Schools in Sutton
Sutton has 27 schools - 14 primaries and 7 secondaries - within the London Borough of Sutton, one of the few London boroughs that retains selective grammar schools. Sutton Grammar School and Nonsuch High School for Girls are both single-sex selective schools drawing from across the borough and beyond, adding a significant grammar-versus-comprehensive dimension to secondary admissions in the area. Community primary schools use straight-line distance as the tiebreaker after siblings and looked-after children.
Demand for Cheam High School and Overton Grange School is consistently high among non-grammar applicants. Families in Sutton should be aware that applications for grammar school places require a separate entrance test in the autumn before the main admissions round. The borough borders Merton, Croydon, and Kingston upon Thames, so families near the boundary may wish to explore cross-borough options through the Pan-London co-ordinated admissions scheme.
School demand in Sutton
Across the 23 schools in Sutton with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 98%. 13 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.
4 schools in Sutton have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
15 of the schools in Sutton are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Sutton, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
10 of the schools in Sutton have a current Ofsted rating, of which 10 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Sutton: 8 oversubscribed (14)
Devonshire Primary School
Primary · Community school
Sutton · SM2 5JL
Robin Hood Infants' School
Primary · Community school
Sutton · SM1 2SF
Robin Hood Junior School
Primary · Community school
Sutton · SM1 1RL
All Saints Benhilton CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Sutton · SM1 3DA
St Dunstan's Cheam CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Sutton · SM3 8DF
Sutton CofE VA Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Sutton · SG19 2NE
Westbourne Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM1 2NT
Cheam Park Farm Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM3 9UU
Cuddington Croft Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM2 7NA
Avenue Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM2 6JE
Cheam Fields Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM3 8PQ
Brookfield Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM3 9LY
Manor Park Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM1 4AW
St Cecilia's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM3 9DL
Secondary Schools in Sutton (7)
Overton Grange School
Secondary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM2 6TQ
Cheam High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM3 8PW
Sutton Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM1 4AS
Nonsuch High School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM3 8AB
Greenshaw High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM1 3DY
Glenthorne High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Sutton · SM3 9PS
Harris Academy Sutton
Secondary · Free schools
Sutton · SM2 5RD
Other Schools in Sutton (6)
Thomas Wall Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Sutton · SM1 2SF
Orchard Hill College
Not applicable · Special post 16 institution
Sutton · SM1 1DA
Sutton College of Learning for Adults
Not applicable · Miscellaneous
Sutton · SM1 1EA
Greenholm School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Sutton · SM2 5SJ
The Limes College
Not applicable · Academy alternative provision converter
Sutton · SM1 2SD
Grove Road School
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Sutton · SM1 1BT
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Sutton are set by Sutton and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.