Ashfield Comprehensive SchoolSutton Community Academy
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.
Summary of the comparison
Ashfield Comprehensive School and Sutton Community Academy are secondary schools.
Ashfield Comprehensive School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Sutton Community Academy scores 49 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Ashfield Comprehensive School is ahead on our composite score.
Ashfield Comprehensive School was judged the expected standard and Sutton Community Academy was judged the expected standard.
On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 47.8 for Ashfield Comprehensive School and 37.6 for Sutton Community Academy.
GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Ashfield Comprehensive School (49.5 in 2021-22, 47.8 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Sutton Community Academy (40.7 in 2021-22, 37.6 in 2024-25).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | NottinghamAshfield Comprehensive School | Sutton-in-AshfieldSutton Community Academy | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | C60/100Stronger figure | D49/100 | |
| Local ranking | 16th of 45 in Nottinghamshire Stronger figure | 36th of 45 in Nottinghamshire | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: Expected | Ofsted: Expected | |
| School type | Academy converter | Academy sponsor led | |
| Phase | Secondary | Secondary | |
| Age range | 11-18 | 11-18 | |
| Gender | Mixed | Mixed | |
| Pupils on roll | 2,584 | 800 | |
| Capacity | 3,146 | 900 | |
| Location | Nottingham, NG17 8HP | Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 1EE | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Attainment 8 | 47.8 Stronger figure | 37.6 | 46.0 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 44.3% Stronger figure | 37.1% | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 69.4% Stronger figure | 48.4% | 64.8% |
| Entering EBacc | 50.1% Stronger figure | 20.2% | 40.5% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.28 Stronger figure | 3.03 | 4.09 |
| Cohort | 395 | 124 | |
| A-level results | |||
| A-level entries | 197 | 31 | |
| A-level average points | 36.2 Stronger figure | 26.4 | 35.0 |
| A-level average grade | B- | C- | |
| Best 3 A-levels points | 36.8 Stronger figure | 27.6 | 35.8 |
| AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects | 19.6% Stronger figure | 0.0% | 17.5% |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 2,584 | 800 | |
| Free school meals (ever 6) | 28.5% | 46.1% | |
| English as an additional language | 6.2% | 12.4% | |
| SEN support | 10.7% | 15.5% | |
| SEN with an EHC plan | 1.0% | 3.0% | |
| Attendance | |||
| Overall absence | 7.5% Stronger figure | 8.2% | 6.2% |
| Persistent absence | 18.8% Stronger figure | 24.3% | 15.8% |
marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.
Historical trends
Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.
GCSE Attainment 8
GCSE Progress 8
A-level average points
Overall absence
Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)
Pupils on roll
Ethnicity over time
One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.
Ashfield Comprehensive School
Sutton Community Academy
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