Sutton Grammar School

Sutton Grammar School is a state funded selective school for boys and is situated in the centre of Sutton. We also welcome girls into our thriving Sixth Form. The school currently has 930 pupils in total which includes five forms of 27 boys in the Lower School, 240 boys in Upper School and 285 students, including girls, in the Sixth Form.

Sutton Grammar School is a well-established grammar school which enjoys a fine tradition of academic learning and success. Not only do we feel our students demonstrate ‘Excellence across the curriculum’ but that they also demonstrate ‘Excellence beyond the curriculum’.Pupils are encouraged to participate widely in sporting and cultural activities and greatly enjoy doing so. We delight in developing close links with each family.

The School is small enough for us to be able to care about every pupil but large enough to support a successful sixth form, with an appropriate choice of subjects at Advanced Level providing an excellent basis for entry to university and for a professional career.

The school seeks to provide an exciting and challenging education to the pupils who come here and this includes a significant emphasis put on the extra-curricular life of the school. Activities like sport, music, drama, the Combined Cadet Force and many varied activities, ranging from board games to debating, operate at lunch times and after school – including making use of an early release day in years 7-9. Pupils can learn electronics in early release sessions and then take part in STEM projects in the upper school. Pupils have enjoyed considerable success in science and engineering competitions – including winning national prizes for technical innovation (Intel or Google prize winners for the last five years at the UK Science and Engineering Competitions and in 2017 1st in the UK Intermediate Scientist of the Year and 1st in the Intermediate UK Engineer of the Year).

Maths and science subjects are very popular at A-level and we have about ten-twelve students per year move on to medical or dental schools. About twelve boys go on to Cambridge and Oxford Colleges for a whole spectrum of subjects. We enjoy success in a broad range of subjects. We offer three modern languages at A-level. The humanities and English are also very strong.

The premises have been improved in recent years and the latest building was the three storey £3m building that houses the sixth form, the geography and the art departments. We have a large sports ground in Northey Avenue, Cheam.

One of the features that we believe contributes to the very positive ethos within the school is our small size. The staff know the pupils well and pastoral care is given the proper priority to ensure that pupils are stretched academically but are cared for as developing young adults and their mental well-being is very important to us. Where it is needed there is expertise in supporting special needs.

Our curriculum is designed to enable pupils to fully realise their academic potential by becoming successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens. It is also designed to equip pupils with the skills and qualities needed to meet the challenges of life in a fast-changing world. Breadth and balance are important features of our curriculum design.

The school provides a curriculum for selective pupils aged 11-18. The school’s curriculum is guided by the National Curriculum and we regularly review and update the curriculum, implementing initiatives that best suit pupils of selective ability.

Another aspect of our Sixth Form is the pre-U global perspectives course. We expect all students in the sixth form to take this course. It provides valuable experience in reading sources and evaluating arguments that we believe are of value to all students. It is a one year course assessed by two coursework tasks and a short exam and the result will be available when university applications are made.

Here at Sutton Grammar School we believe that our pupils’ experience should be far more than just academic excellence in lessons leading to examination results. We believe in excellence beyond the curriculum.

Curriculum Enrichment is anything which takes place above and beyond a normal school curriculum and will include organised trips, visitors to the school, activities and educational experiences.

The kinds of special educational needs and disabilities that are provided for in our school are those arising from sensory impairments, emotional and behavioural difficulties, difficulties with social communication, specific learning difficulties and difficulties with mobility or the physical environment.