The Royal Sutton School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Birmingham City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Royal Sutton School is a secondary school in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2023. Birmingham has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
The Royal Sutton School 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as was the case at 29 of the 78 other Birmingham secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 79 first-choice applications for 148 offers: 0.5 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 79 Birmingham secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 69 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 33% of pupils got grade 5 or above (England 45%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Birmingham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Birmingham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Reddicap Heath Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 7DY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Birmingham
- Pupils on roll
- 966 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from a broad and balanced curriculum with personal development running through its heart.”
- “‘Turning potential into reality’ is the motto that staff live by.”
- “The school has a set of well-established routines, including a strong focus on making pupils feel welcome when they arrive.”
To improve
- “However, on some occasions, teachers move pupils on to new learning before their knowledge has been checked.”
- “This leads to gaps in pupils’ understanding and, at times, misconceptions developing.”
- “However, there is variability in how well teachers adapt the curriculum for these pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2024 (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) | 33% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 39.7 | 46 |
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: 79 first-preference applications, 148 offers in total, 79 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 Birmingham.
- Fairfax 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Plantsbrook School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishop Walsh Catholic School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishop Vesey's Grammar School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sutton Coldfield Grammar School for Girls 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Edmund Campion Catholic School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Arthur Terry School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Lift Greenwood 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published