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Nonsuch High School for Girls vs Wallington County Grammar School

Both are grammar schools in Sutton, 3.4 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.

Side by side

Nonsuch High School for Girls Wallington County Grammar School
Phase Secondary Secondary
Gender Girls Boys
Pupils on roll 1,494 1,119
Free school meals 10% 6.9%
Ofsted rating Not published Outstanding
Attainment 8 — 2025/26 81.8 82
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 208 170
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place 1.32 0.97

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.

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Wallington County 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.

Wallington County Grammar School

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children who reach the qualifying standard
  2. Sons of permanent staff employed at the school for two or more consecutive years
  3. Places in rank order of combined SET and second-stage score — up to 110 places for priorities 1 to 3
  4. Up to 25 places for boys eligible for the Pupil Premium, in score order (unfilled places go back to priority 3)
  5. Up to 15 places for boys living in SM1–SM7, KT4 8, CR0 4 or CR4 4, in score order

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

Nonsuch High School for Girls is a girls school and Wallington County 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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