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Sutton CofE VA Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Voluntary aided
High Street, Sutton SG19 2NE · suttonprimary.co.uk · 01767 260334
On the mapSearch near SG19 2NE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Nov 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 98
- 93% of 105 places
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 4.1%
- First language not English
- 12.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 14 families put the school first and 15 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 14 | 20 | 1.4▲ | 65% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 16 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 18 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 19 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
Results
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | n/a | 62% |
| Higher standard | n/a | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | n/a | 106 |
| Maths | n/a | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | n/a | 105 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Sutton CofE VA Primary School on 18 November 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 18 Nov 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2006Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Positive
- 100%
- Replies
- 36
- 41% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on 1 parent (3%) whose child was bullied
based on 8 parents (22%) with SEND