England · Grammar school
Wallington High School for Girls
Wallington · Girls only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136789)
Overview
- Address
- Woodcote Road, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 0PH
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Girls only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,548
- Capacity
- 1,460
- Eligible for free school meals
- 12.5%
- 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
- For September 2026 entry, up to 110 places go in score order to girls living within 6.7 km of the school's main entrance (measured in a straight line by Sutton Council). 100 places go by score regardless of address, and up to 35 to girls on free school meals or pupil premium.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: For September 2026 entry, 100 places go to the highest scorers wherever they live, and up to 35 pupil premium places are also open to any address.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 1,026 applicants named this school (316 as their first choice) for 208 places. 126 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 | 1,026 | 316 | 1.5 | 126 |
| Sept 2025 | 210 | 989 | 279 | 1.3 | 131 |
| Sept 2024 | 209 | 983 | 278 | 1.3 | 125 |
| Sept 2023 | 209 | 920 | 276 | 1.3 | 144 |
| Sept 2022 | 210 | 870 | 204 | 1.0 | 125 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Sutton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 209 | 1,294 | 402 | 1.9 | 145 |
| Sept 2020 | 209 | 839 | 213 | 1.0 | 147 |
| Sept 2019 | 210 | 812 | 248 | 1.2 | 145 |
| Sept 2018 | 210 | 767 | 231 | 1.1 | 148 |
| Sept 2017 | 210 | 768 | 253 | 1.2 | 157 |
| Sept 2016 | 210 | 739 | 293 | 1.4 | 145 |
| Sept 2015 | 208 | 804 | 359 | 1.7 | 134 |
| Sept 2014 | 206 | 815 | 361 | 1.8 | 125 |
"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) (wallingtongirls.org.uk), 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 18 March 2025. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.
Inspection history (6)
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). | 80.3 | 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 | 91.3% | 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: 79.4 (2023/24) → 80.5 (2024/25) → 80.3 (2025/26).
208 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
- SM6 0PH
- Map location
- 51.34799, -0.14885
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 02086472380
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.wallingtongirls.org.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136789) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026