Wilson's School

Academy converter·Secondary school Wallington, Sutton·SM6 9JW
Composite score
100.0
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National rank
#1
In London
#1
In Sutton
Top 0.3%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
86.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
100%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
100%
% EBacc grade 5+
100%
EBacc average points score
8.66

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
47%
413 first choices, 215 places
First choices per place
1.92
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
771
any preference, for 215 places
Applications from another council area
76%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
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1 per place
1.4720222.0520231.9620241.9320251.922026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Wilson's School yet. Sutton does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,312
Gender
Boys
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
5.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
47.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
1.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
3.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
2.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,202
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
100%
184 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
100%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Wilson's School is a boys' secondary school serving Wallington, Sutton, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 1,312 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Wilson's School 'Outstanding'. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 86.9 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.3 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 1% of secondary schools in England.

100% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 100% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Wilson's School is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 413 first choices for 215 places. After Year 11, 100% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 3.0%. There are about 16.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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