Sutton Community Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D49
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 1EE
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Quarrydale Academy
Stoneyford Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2DU
Local ranking42nd of 45 secondary schools in Nottinghamshire
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1550
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 36.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 24.1% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 51.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 55.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 237
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 48.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 30.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
37
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 33.3% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 110
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1277
- Boys
- 596 (47%)
- Girls
- 681 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1550 (82% full)
- SEND
- 11.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.4%
- EAL
- 6.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 9.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,579/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.7%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Other: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
88.7%
White British
3.5%
White Other
1.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Stoneyford Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137857
- UKPRN
- 10036418
- Establishment No.
- 4068
- Trust
- QUARRYDALE ACADEMY
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