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Schools in Sutton

72 schools in the Sutton local authority.

Schools

72

Open schools

Pupils

42,386

2025–26 census

Good or better

96%

51 of 53 graded

Academic Performance

6.9

out of 10 · 63 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
12 23%
Good
39 74%
Requires improvement
2 4%
Inadequate
0 0%
7 inspected since 2024, no overall grade6 superseded by a report card12 not judged
6.9
Academic Performance

Averaged over 63 of 72 schools that can be scored

Pupils

42,386

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Roll from 71 of 72 schools (42,386 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
44%
Asian
27%
Black
8%
Mixed
12%
Chinese
5%
Any other group
2%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 63 of 72 schools (40,776 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
17.2%

7,022 of 40,776 pupils · 63 of 72 schools

First language not English
35.7%

14,568 of 40,776 pupils · 63 of 72 schools

Young carers
1.7%

674 of 40,613 pupils · 61 of 72 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
43
Secondary
15
All-through
2
Special
6
Nursery
2
PRU
2
Not recorded
2

Top primary schools in Sutton

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Sutton

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 72 schools in Sutton — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Sutton

How many schools are there in Sutton?
Sutton has 72 open schools — 43 primary, 15 secondary, 6 special, 2 nursery, teaching 42,386 pupils in total.
How many schools in Sutton are rated Good or Outstanding?
51 of the 53 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 96% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 12 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 72: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Sutton?
6.9 out of 10, averaged across the 63 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Sutton schools have no Ofsted rating?
19 schools in Sutton currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Sutton local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Sutton covers 72 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Sutton are eligible for free school meals?
17.2% — 7,022 of 40,776 pupils at the 63 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the London region.