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Nonsuch High School for Girls vs Sutton Grammar School

Both are grammar schools in Sutton, 1.6 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.

Side by side

Nonsuch High School for Girls Sutton Grammar School
Phase Secondary Secondary
Gender Girls Boys
Pupils on roll 1,494 1,061
Free school meals 10% 1.3%
Ofsted rating Not published Good
Attainment 8 — 2025/26 81.8 82.6
11+ test board Bespoke (Sutton SET — Maths + English only; no VR/NVR) Bespoke (Sutton SET — Maths + English only; no VR/NVR)
Admission system qualifying score is the minimum; places then go in score order (distance only breaks ties) qualifying score is the minimum; places then go in score order (distance only breaks ties)
Places offered — 202627 208 160
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place 1.32 0.8

Qualifying scores

Nonsuch High School for Girls

No fixed pass mark. Sutton uses a two-stage system: the shared Selective Eligibility Test (SET) screens candidates, then each school's own second-stage exam determines offers. Qualifying standards are set school-by-school, year-by-year from second-stage performance — no cutoff score is pre-announced or published.

Council source ↗

Sutton Grammar School

No fixed pass mark. Sutton uses a two-stage system: the shared Selective Eligibility Test (SET) screens candidates, then each school's own second-stage exam determines offers. Qualifying standards are set school-by-school, year-by-year from second-stage performance — no cutoff score is pre-announced or published.

Council source ↗

Who gets priority

Where a school is oversubscribed, these are the first criteria applied, in order. This is usually what decides an application.

Nonsuch High School for Girls

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children who reach the qualifying standard
  2. 85 places in order of entrance-test score, wherever the girl lives
  3. Up to 35 places for girls eligible for the Pupil Premium who reach the pass mark — or score up to 20% below it — in score order, wherever they live
  4. Up to 125 places in score order for girls living within 5.25 km of the school (straight line)
  5. Any places left over go in score order, wherever the girl lives

Source: school admissions policy.

Sutton Grammar School

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children who reach the qualifying standard
  2. Sons of staff employed at the school on a permanent contract for at least two years
  3. Up to 10 places for boys eligible for the Pupil Premium living in SM1–7, KT4, KT17, CR0 4 or CR4 — in order of combined SET and second-stage score
  4. 75 places in score order for boys living in SM1–7, KT4, KT17, CR0 4 or CR4
  5. All remaining places in score order, wherever the boy lives

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

Nonsuch High School for Girls is a girls school and Sutton Grammar School is a boys school, so for many families the starting point is which one can admit their child. The figures on this page are the published ones — they describe intakes and results, not what either school would be like for your child. The right choice depends on your family's own priorities and circumstances.

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