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Nonsuch High School for Girls

Girls · ages 11–18 · with sixth form · selective (grammar)Sutton, London · Sutton SM3 8ABTrust: Girls' Learning TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,494of 1,283 places
Free school meals
10.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
233
Ofsted
Report card, 10 February 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour ExceptionalPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Strong standardLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Strong standardSafeguarding Met

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Nonsuch High School for Girls (URN 103008, until 1 June 2011).

What the data says

Of the 206 pupils who finished Year 11 at Nonsuch High School for Girls in 2023, 94% stayed on in Nonsuch High School for Girls’ own sixth form (Sutton average 68%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Among the 215 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 86% went to university (Sutton 72%, England 37%), and 70% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 80.5 against 46.1 across England and 59.3 in Sutton, with 99% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%) — as a selective grammar school, Nonsuch High School for Girls admits pupils by test at 11, which drives these figures.

German is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Sutton and England.

This school
Sutton
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolSuttonEngland
Pupils in the cohort2063,278607,348
Any sustained destination99%96%92%
Stayed in education99%94%86%
— school sixth form94%68%34%
— sixth form college4%13%
— further education college0%20%37%
— other education4%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination3%6%
Destination unknown1%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

This school
Sutton
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolSuttonEngland
Students in the cohort2152,195541,441
Any sustained destination96%91%79%
University (higher education)86%72%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students70%47%19%
Further education1%2%5%
Apprenticeship3%7%
Employment8%13%28%
No sustained destination2%5%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolSuttonEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)80.559.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths99%68%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths99%82%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects74%57%41%
EBacc average point score7.605.474.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort4%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils73.141.834.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils80.863.450.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language54%29%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Literature232100%86%87%21%99%
Mathematics232100%88%98%22%100%
English Language232100%89%93%20%100%
Biology23199%23%79%45%99%
Chemistry23199%23%85%47%99%
Physics23199%23%84%46%99%
Geography11851%41%92%25%100%
Religious Studies11750%31%80%32%99%
French9942%18%87%29%97%
Computer Science8135%13%72%30%100%
History7432%41%92%26%99%
German6829%5%74%33%100%
Spanish6628%19%71%27%98%
Physical Education5122%11%53%24%92%
Food Preparation and Nutrition4017%8%93%21%100%
Textiles3314%2%55%27%100%
Fine Art3214%9%81%28%100%
Music2611%5%85%33%96%
Astronomy2511%0%76%29%100%
Drama2410%7%83%27%100%
Photography2310%6%65%19%100%
Design and Technology229%11%64%23%95%
Latin219%1%90%74%100%
Japanese31%0%53%
Chinese21%1%75%
Turkish21%0%71%
Combined Science10%65%9%
Punjabi10%0%48%
Polish10%1%84%
Arabic10%1%47%
Dance10%1%27%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Additional Mathematics FSMQ10%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolSuttonEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study427
— of whom A level students2142,112261,341
Average A level gradeA-B+B-
Average points per A level entry47.8042.2635.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsA-B+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects59%41%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics15673%31%
Chemistry12357%17%
Biology8339%20%
Physics5626%12%
Psychology5526%23%
Economics3717%13%
English Literature2512%11%
Politics2411%6%
Further Mathematics188%5%
Computer Science157%5%
Geography147%10%
Religious Studies126%4%
History126%13%
Fine Art115%3%
Spanish105%2%
Chinese0%
Drama2%
French1%
German0%
Italian0%
Music0%
Physical Education3%
Polish0%
Russian0%
Urdu0%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)2512%
MathematicsGCE AS level (All)

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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.