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Overton Grange School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

36 Stanley Road, Sutton SM2 6TQ · overtongrange.sutton.sch.uk · 020 8239 2383

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
46.8
average Attainment 8 score. Sutton 59.3, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Sutton Council
Demand for places
0.2
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,092
82% of 1,330 places
Local authority
Sutton
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
30.5%
First language not English
34%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Overton Grange School

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Sutton Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 40 families put the school first and 226 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 63 (Places 265)63September 2023: 82 (Places 260)82September 2024: 53 (Places 217)53September 2025: 67 (Places 211)67September 2026: 40 (Places 226)40Places 226
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026226400.2100%
September 2025Sept 2025211670.3100%
September 2024Sept 2024217530.2100%
September 2023Sept 2023260820.3100%
September 2022Sept 2022265630.2100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.8, and 35.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sutton it was 59.3, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (31.4 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 43.5 (England 46.3)43.52017/18: 48.4 (England 46.5)48.42018/19: 47.4 (England 46.7)47.42021/22: 47.3 (England 48.8)47.32022/23: 47.3 (England 46.3)47.32023/24: 47.1 (England 45.9)47.12024/25: 46.8 (England 46.0)46.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●46.846.0
▼35.9%45.4%
●64.6%64.8%
▼19.8%40.5%
●3.954.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form45.3−1.6
Sixth form college4.7−4.7
Further education45.3+10.5
Apprenticeship1.1+0.2
Not in a lasting destination2.1−1.5
Activity not captured1.6+1.2

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 28.0 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 28.8 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 27.2 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 28.5 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 33.9 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 30.6 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 26.0 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 31.4 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
65 studentsC (31.4)Below average -0.18
65 studentsC (31.6)Below average -0.16
25 studentsDist- (31.5)Above average +0.30
8.2%AAB or better
98.1%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2482C- (26)-0.21
2022/2395C (30.6)—
2021/2288C+ (33.9)—
2018/1958C (28.5)+0.04
2017/18105C- (27.2)-0.12
2016/17101C (28.8)+0.10
2015/16112C- (28)-0.10

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University56.7−10.3
Further and other education3.3+0.2
Further education1.1—
Other education2.2—
Employment21.1+8.7
Not in a lasting destination12.2+7
Activity not captured6.7−3.6

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Overton Grange School on 10 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
10 Dec 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formRequires improvement

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jan 2016Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Dec 2013Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (192 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
81%
Replies
192
17% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school●88% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●89% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼80% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●82% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼84% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼75% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing●83% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●92% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼69% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲81% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 74% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲56% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 34% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼60% agreeEngland 67%

based on 38 parents (20%) with SEND

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