The Sutton Academy is a secondary school located in St Helens. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's quality of education good, overall effectiveness, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 09/05/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.6%, which is 1.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Elton Head Road, St Helens, WA9 5AU
Website: http://www.thesuttonacademy.org.uk
Telephone: 01744678859
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: St. Helens
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Paul Willerton
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136141

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 09/05/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1550
Number of Pupils: 1336
Number of Boys: 638
Number of Girls: 698

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.21 Confidence interval -0.38 to -0.04
Of the 217 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 214 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:38%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:31%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.56
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Rainhill Community Nursery
Deepdale Drive , Rainhill L35 4NW 		4out of 4 2,289 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Eaves Primary School
Eaves Lane , Marshalls Cross WA9 3UB 		3out of 4 814 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Sherdley Primary School
Mill Lane , Sutton WA9 4HA 		3out of 4 892 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St John Vianney Catholic Primary School
Elton Head Road , Sutton Heath WA9 5BT 		2out of 4 1,244 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
St Theresa's Catholic Primary School
Cannon Street , WA9 4XU 		4out of 4 1,353 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Willow Tree Primary School
Willow Tree Avenue , Leach Lane WA9 4LZ 		3out of 4 1,410 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Sutton Academy
Elton Head Road , WA9 5AU 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Rainhill High School
Warrington Road , Rainhill L35 6NY 		3out of 4 2,496 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Cuthbert's Catholic High School
Berrys Lane , Sutton WA9 3HE 		3out of 4 3,007 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Helens College
Water Street , WA10 1PP 		- not rated 3,217 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Tower College
Mill Lane , Rainhill L35 6NE 		- not rated 3,179 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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