Fairfax
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sutton Coldfield, B75 7JT
- Distance
- 0.2km away
The Royal Sutton School
Reddicap Heath Road, Sutton Coldfield, B75 7DY
Local ranking78th of 89 secondary schools in Birmingham
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1141
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2023 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 6 December 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 39.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 185
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Continued in education
- 74.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
After A-Levels 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 70.0%
- Higher education
- 43.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 27.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2022-23*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D
Avg A-Level Grade
21.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 34.2
25.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 34.7
34
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.1% nat15.8%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 23.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 39
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 972
- Boys
- 466 (48%)
- Girls
- 500 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1141 (85% full)
- SEND
- 21.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 48.1%
- EAL
- 16.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.3%
- SEN Support
- 21.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 54.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,549/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 37.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 52.8%
- Black African: 9.3%
- Black Caribbean: 7.9%
- White Other: 5.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.7%
- Mixed Other: 3.7%
- Asian Indian: 3.7%
52.8%
White British
9.3%
Black African
7.9%
Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Reddicap Heath Road
Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 144721
- UKPRN
- 10064829
- Establishment No.
- 4027
- Trust
- THE ARTHUR TERRY LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
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