The Sutton Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · St Helens, St. Helens
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.750 miles
Published by St Helens Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Sutton Academy is a secondary school in St Helens, St. Helens for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). St. Helens has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The Sutton Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.750 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered was 0.750 miles, the shortest of 5 St. Helens secondary schools with a published last distance; the middle figure was 2.25 miles.
- Compared with 2025 and 2023, the 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 298 first-choice applications for 255 offers; 254 offers went to first-choice families, and 44 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 39% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the average A level grade was D+ (England B-).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other St. Helens schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Elton Head Road, St Helens, WA9 5AU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- St. Helens
- Pupils on roll
- 1,441 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 16 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at The Sutton Academy, including students in the sixth form, are overwhelmingly proud of their school.”
- “They are fully immersed in their learning and have high aspirations.”
- “Pupils behave with integrity and have positive relationships with each other and with staff.”
To improve
- “These pupils had not benefited as much as others from the school's high-quality curriculum and teaching.”
- “While the most recent published figures show that pupils do not attend school as often as the national average, there have been recent improvements.”
- “Students sometimes do not attain as well in A-level examinations, particularly those with above-average prior attainment from Year 11.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 298 first-preference applications, 255 offers in total, 254 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in St. Helens.
- Rainhill High School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St. Cuthbert's Catholic Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Academy 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- De La Salle School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cowley International College 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Haydock 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hope Academy 5.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rainford High School 6.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published