England · Grammar school
Nonsuch High School for Girls
Cheam, Sutton · Girls only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136795)
Overview
- Address
- Ewell Road, Cheam, Ewell Road, Cheam Surrey, Sutton, Surrey, Cheam, Sutton, SM3 8AB
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,494
- Capacity
- 1,283
- Eligible for free school meals
- 10%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- GIRLS' LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Sutton
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Fully selective area28% of Year 7 places offered in Sutton for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- Catchment circle: 5.25 km straight line from the school's front door. Up to 125 places, in order of highest score (2025 and 2026 entry policies).
- Children from outside the catchment
- Not yet available
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 1,033 applicants named this school (274 as their first choice) for 208 places. 107 of 208 offers went to children living outside Sutton.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Sutton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 208 | 1,033 | 274 | 1.3 | 107 |
| Sept 2025 | 208 | 1,052 | 340 | 1.6 | 99 |
| Sept 2024 | 209 | 990 | 304 | 1.5 | 83 |
| Sept 2023 | 210 | 939 | 301 | 1.4 | 89 |
| Sept 2022 | 209 | 941 | 359 | 1.7 | 90 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Sutton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 210 | 1,336 | 415 | 2.0 | 110 |
| Sept 2020 | 238 | 909 | 314 | 1.3 | 102 |
| Sept 2019 | 210 | 917 | 329 | 1.6 | 107 |
| Sept 2018 | 210 | 846 | 279 | 1.3 | 91 |
| Sept 2017 | 210 | 838 | 252 | 1.2 | 115 |
| Sept 2016 | 210 | 755 | 250 | 1.2 | 125 |
| Sept 2015 | 197 | 784 | 254 | 1.3 | 83 |
| Sept 2014 | 175 | 760 | 276 | 1.6 | 78 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Sutton" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (nonsuchschool.org), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates for September 2027 entry
- Test registration (Sutton SET)
- 1 May 2026 to 31 July 2026
- Test date
- 15 September 2026, 26 September 2026, 3 October 2026Stage 1 SET on 15 Sep 2026 (single sitting). Stage 2 by school: Nonsuch and Wallington High 26 Sep; Wilson's, Wallington County and Sutton Grammar 3 Oct (Wilson's aptitude day 10 Oct). Access arrangements by 12 Jun. Results: no confirmed date found (guides say mid-October for stage 1).
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 June 2011
Unverified: test dates come from desk research (medium confidence). Confirm them with the council or test organiser. Sources: suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk, wcgs-sutton.co.uk, leadingtuition.co.uk.
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Guide to the Sutton SET and its schools · How applying works
Source: Test dates research (cited public sources) (suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk), last checked 1 November 2026 · Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 10 February 2026. Read the report ↗
- Attendance and behaviour
- Exceptional
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Post 16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.
Inspection history (5)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 81.8 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 100% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 93.1% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 81.3 (2023/24) → 80.5 (2024/25) → 81.8 (2025/26).
204 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- SM3 8AB
- Map location
- 51.35541, -0.22389
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 02083943400
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.nonsuchschool.org
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136795) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026