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The Royal Sutton School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

Reddicap Heath Road, Sutton Coldfield B75 7DY · theroyalsuttonschool.atlp.org.uk · 0121 378 1946

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Dec 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
39.7
average Attainment 8 score. Birmingham 46.6, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Birmingham Council
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
966
85% of 1,141 places
Local authority
Birmingham
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
48.9%
First language not English
14.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

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

For Year 7 in September 2026, 79 families put the school first and 148 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: 43 (Places 187)43September 2023: 46 (Places 222)46September 2024: 51 (Places 225)51September 2025: 61 (Places 213)61September 2026: 79 (Places 148)79Places 148
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026148790.5100%
September 2025Sept 2025213610.3100%
September 2024Sept 2024225510.2100%
September 2023Sept 2023222460.2100%
September 2022Sept 2022187430.2100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.7, and 32.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Birmingham it was 46.6, and across England 46.

In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade C- (28.2 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: 42.0 (England 46.3)42.02017/18: 37.0 (England 46.5)37.02021/22: 41.2 (England 48.8)41.22022/23: 34.1 (England 46.3)34.12023/24: 35.9 (England 45.9)35.92024/25: 39.7 (England 46.0)39.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼39.746.0
▼32.9%45.4%
▼52.6%64.8%
▼9.2%40.5%
▼3.234.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 103522)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form25.8−1.3
Sixth form college1.1+0.6
Further education58.1+3.8
Other education0.50
Employment1.6−1.6
Not in a lasting destination8.1−0.4
Activity not captured4.8+2.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/1818/192015/16: 24.2 (England 30.5)D+2016/17: 26.1 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 21.6 (England 32.1)D2018/19: 28.2 (England 32.9)C-England 32.9
2018/19TrendAverage gradeProgress
55 studentsC- (28.2)Average +0.15
57 studentsC- (28.2)Average +0.13
48 studentsPass+ (18.3)Well below average -0.61
11.8%AAB or better
93.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2017/1831D (21.6)-0.28
2016/1771C- (26.1)+0.06
2015/1663D+ (24.2)-0.13

Published for the predecessor school (URN 103522)

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/23
Left in 2022/23Since 2021/22
University52.4+15.6
Further education2.4−6.4
Apprenticeship7.1+3.6
Employment23.8+4.5
Not in a lasting destination7.1−10.4
Activity not captured7.1−6.9

Ofsted

The Royal Sutton School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 December 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
6 Dec 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Dec 2018

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 103522), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • Dec 2018Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103522)

  • Jan 2016Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103522)

  • Dec 2013Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 103522)

What parents said

75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (79 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
75%
Replies
79
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▼85% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼84% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼76% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼81% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼74% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼80% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼80% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●89% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼76% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼75% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼71% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 80% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●49% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 43% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼47% agreeEngland 67%

based on 15 parents (19%) with SEND

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