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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 1,043
Free school meals 6.9% 1.3%
Ofsted rating Good Good
Attainment 8 — 2024/25 80.5 80.3
A-level average points — 2024/25 47.8 47.57
11+ test board Bespoke (Sutton SET — Maths + English only; no VR/NVR) Bespoke (Sutton SET — Maths + English only; no VR/NVR)
Admission system pass/fail then criteria order pass/fail then criteria order
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 children and previously looked after children
  2. Children with exceptional medical/social needs
  3. Siblings of children on roll at the school
  4. All other qualifying children (passed both Stage 1 SET and Stage 2) — tiebreaker: distance

Source: school admissions policy.

Sutton Grammar School

  1. Looked after children and previously looked after children
  2. Children with exceptional medical/social needs
  3. Siblings of children on roll at the school
  4. All other qualifying children (passed both Stage 1 SET and Stage 2) — tiebreaker: distance

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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