Sutton Community Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.686 miles
Published by Nottinghamshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sutton Community Academy is a secondary school in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Nottinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Sutton Community 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 | 4.686 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 4.686 miles away, the 14th longest of 39 Nottinghamshire secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance for 2026 was further from the school than in 2025 and than in 2021, and it swung sharply between some years.
- 2024/25: 37% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Nottinghamshire.
- Year 7 2026 had 114 first-choice applications for 118 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Nottinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- High Pavement, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 1EE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Nottinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 796 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school and speak with confidence about what it offers them.”
- “They describe a positive sense of belonging and value the culture of care, respect and ambition that staff promote.”
- “Pupils appreciate that adults know them well and take time to support them personally and academically.”
To improve
- “However, this classroom experience is not routinely reflected in pupils' outcomes, particularly in some subjects and for some groups.”
- “This demonstrates that some pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “While pupils have some awareness of different faiths and cultures, this knowledge is not secure across all year groups.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 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) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 37.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | 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: 114 first-preference applications, 118 offers in total, 114 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 Nottinghamshire.
- Quarrydale Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Ashfield Comprehensive School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Outwood Academy Kirkby 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Brunts Academy 3.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Selston High School 4.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Sherwood Church Academy 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
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