Sutton Community Academy
High Pavement, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 1EE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ACADEMY TRANSFORMATION TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Lewis Taylor
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Academy Transformation Trust
- Constituency
- Ashfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 796
- URN
- 139063
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01623980055
About this school
Sutton Community Academy is a secondary academy in Sutton-in-Ashfield. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 796 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 148 | 152 | 124 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.5 | 36.3 | 37.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.24 -0.47 to -0.01 | -0.45 -0.68 to -0.22 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26% | 23% | 37.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% | 39.5% | 48.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 66% | 49.3% | 20.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Sutton Community Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Nottinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.5 | 39.2 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36.3 | 39.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 37.6 | 39.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 817 |
| 2023/24 | 845 |
| 2024/25 | 800 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sutton Community Academy compares
Sutton Community Academy ranked 37th of 44 secondary schools in Nottinghamshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37.6 | 8.2% | 46.1% | 796 | — |
| Quarrydale Academy | 36.6 | 8.3% | 36.4% | 1,265 | 0.9 miles |
| Ashfield Comprehensive School | 47.8 | 7.5% | 28.5% | 2,601 | 1.0 miles |
| Outwood Academy Kirkby | 36.1 | 12.7% | 49.6% | 523 | 1.9 miles |
| All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy | 51.6 | 6.7% | 19.7% | 1,130 | 2.7 miles |
| Queen Elizabeth's Academy | 32.2 | 11.7% | 42.6% | 886 | 3.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report21 April 2026
- 26 April 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.12%
- English as an additional language
- 12.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.17%
- Persistent absence
- 24.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Quarrydale Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Sutton-in-Ashfield
-
Ashfield Comprehensive School1.0 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
-
Outwood Academy Kirkby1.9 miles
Secondary · Nottingham
-
All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy2.7 miles
Secondary · Mansfield
-
Queen Elizabeth's Academy3.1 miles
Secondary · Mansfield
Other schools in Sutton-in-Ashfield
- Quarrydale Academy Secondary
- Brierley Forest Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Croft Primary School Primary
- Dalestorth Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Forest Glade Primary School Primary
- Healdswood Infants' and Nursery School Primary
- Hillocks Primary Academy Primary
- Leamington Primary and Nursery Academy Primary
- Mapplewells Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Priestsic Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Skegby Junior Academy Primary
- St Andrew's CofE Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Sutton Community Academy teach?
- Sutton Community Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
- Who is the principal of Sutton Community Academy?
- The principal of Sutton Community Academy is Mr Lewis Taylor, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sutton Community Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sutton Community Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Sutton Community Academy?
- Sutton Community Academy has 796 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Sutton Community Academy full?
- Sutton Community Academy has capacity for 900 pupils and 796 on roll (88%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sutton Community Academy a faith school?
- No. Sutton Community Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Sutton Community Academy a selective school?
- No. Sutton Community Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Sutton Community Academy?
- Sutton Community Academy is part of ACADEMY TRANSFORMATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Sutton Community Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.5 in 2022/23 and 37.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sutton Community Academy rank locally?
- Sutton Community Academy ranked 37th of 44 secondary schools in Nottinghamshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 32% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sutton Community Academy's absence rate?
- Sutton Community Academy's overall absence rate is 8.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sutton Community Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sutton Community Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.