State-funded · Secondary · Sutton
Wilson's School
Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys · 1,327 pupils (census January 2026)
Year 7 (11+) application closes in 17 days Application deadline for Year 7 (11+) 31 October 2026
At a glance
- Type
- Academy converter (state-funded)
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character (DfE register)
- Church of England
- Pupils
- 1,327 census January 2026
- Capacity (DfE register)
- 1,327 register as checked October 2026
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Head
- Mr NJ Cole
- Trust
- WILSON'S SCHOOL
- Address
- Mollison Drive, Wallington, SM6 9JW
- Borough
- Sutton
- Telephone
- 02087732931
- DfE reference (URN)
- 136621
- Website
- wilsons.school
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 7 October 2026 · last checked 9 October 2026
Where leavers went
Official destination measures after GCSEs (key stage 4)
| Staying in education or employment for at least 2 terms after key stage 4 | 100% |
|---|---|
| In a sustained education destination | 100% |
| Going to a school sixth form | 98% |
| Going to a sixth-form college | 1% |
| Going to a further education college or other FE provider | 0% |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 0% |
| In sustained employment | 0% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 0% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 184 leavers, cohort that left in 2022/23
Official destination measures after 16 to 18 study
| Staying in education, apprenticeship or employment for at least 2 terms after 16-18 study | 97% |
|---|---|
| Progressing to higher education | 91% |
| Progressing to further education | 0% |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 1% |
| In sustained employment | 5% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 2% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 173 leavers, cohort that left in 2022/23
Schools whose leavers came here
This school is named in the published leavers' lists of: Elmhurst School, Homefield Preparatory School, Laleham Lea School, Rokeby School, Woodford Green Preparatory School.
These are destinations schools have published for past leavers. They describe what happened, not what will happen for any one child. How to read this.
Key dates for 2027 entry
Year 7 (11+)
- Registration deadlineFriday 31 July 2026Closed
To register a boy to take the SET parents/carers must complete the online Registration Form by Friday 31 July 2026
Source: wilsons.school
- AssessmentSaturday 3 October 2026Passed
Second stage Entrance Examination for Wilson's School on Saturday 3 October 2026, comprising English and Mathematics papers
Source: wilsons.school
- Application deadlineSaturday 31 October 2026Closes in 17 days
National closing date for Year 7 applications: Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply through your home borough's coordinated scheme (eAdmissions), not directly to the school.
Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026
- National offer dayMonday 1 March 2027Upcoming
Secondary National Offer Day: Monday 1 March 2027. Offers are released by your home borough.
Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026
- Offers sentDate not stated
The outcome of the second stage Entrance Examination will be sent by email in October 2026
Source: wilsons.school
- Accept your offerDate not stated
Accept the offer by the deadline given in your offer letter; your home borough sets the date.
Source: GOV.UK · checked 9 Oct 2026
Get a reminder before Wilson's School's deadlines
One email 14, 7 and 1 day before each dated deadline we hold. No account needed.
A status ("Closes in 12 days") is shown only for a closing date we have checked, worked out from today's date, 14 October 2026. Other dates are printed as the school published them, with its own wording beside them. Dates given only as "early January" are shown as approximate and never counted down. Always confirm with the school or council.
Admissions
You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day. This is a selective school: children must also sit its entrance test, and registration for the test closes well before the main deadline.
413 first-preference applications and 771 applications naming it at any preference; 215 places offered on national offer day (September 2026 entry, DfE)
| Entry | Places offered on offer day | First preferences | All preferences |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 215 | 413 | 771 |
| September 2025 | 209 | 403 | 726 |
| September 2024 | 212 | 416 | 797 |
| September 2023 | 210 | 430 | 840 |
These are counts of applications and offers on national offer day. They are not a chance of getting in: places are allocated by the school's published admissions criteria, such as siblings, distance or faith. A council's own figures (admission number, later offers) can differ by a few places.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary school applications and offers · entry years up to 2026/27 · last checked 9 October 2026
Sutton: Year 7 offers, September 2026 entry
Across the borough, 69.5% of applicants were offered their first preference and 95.7% were offered one of their preferences (2,870 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 18 June 2026) · last checked 9 October 2026
How places were offered last year
Year 7, offers made in March 2026: the council did not print a single last distance for this school; its document (linked below) shows how places were offered in each category.
Source: Sutton council, how places were offered, web table · last checked 13 October 2026
Distances change every year with who applies and where they live, and they say nothing about whether a particular address would be offered a place. Places are given by the school's published admission criteria (for example looked-after children, siblings, faith or distance), so read those and the council's guidance before you apply.
Inspection
Ofsted graded inspection, 28 September 2022: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Outstanding
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. This grade dates from the inspection shown; it is not a current rating.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth-form provision
- Outstanding
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
GCSE (key stage 4), 2024/25
- Attainment 8 score2022/23: 86.4 · 2023/24: 85.686.9This school59.3Sutton46.1England, state-funded
- % achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs2022/23: 99% · 2023/24: 100%100%This school68%Sutton45%England, state-funded
- % achieving grade 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs2022/23: 100% · 2023/24: 100%100%This school82%Sutton65%England, state-funded
- % entering the English Baccalaureate2022/23: 100% · 2023/24: 98%100%This school57%Sutton40%England, state-funded
- EBacc average point score2022/23: 8.56 · 2023/24: 8.518.66This school5.47Sutton4.09England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 186 pupils in the cohort
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a grade2022/23: A · 2023/24: AAThis schoolB+SuttonB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entry2022/23: 51.4 · 2023/24: 49.450.6This school42.3Sutton35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels2022/23: 52.6 · 2023/24: 50.952.5This school43Sutton35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects2022/23: 78% · 2023/24: 72%79%This school41%Sutton18%England, state-funded
- A level value added score2023/24: 0.130.03This school-0.03England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 176 pupils in the cohort
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 5.9% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 47.3%
- Pupils with special educational needs getting extra help in school (SEN support, without an Education, Health and Care plan)
- 1.4% (January 2025)
- Pupils with an Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP: a legal plan for children with higher needs)
- 0.5% (January 2025)
What do these mean?
Special educational needs (SEN) support is help a school gives from its own resources to a child who needs more help with learning than most children of the same age: for example extra teaching, work in a small group, or a teaching assistant. There is no legal plan.
An Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) is a legal document written by the council for a child who needs more support than a school can usually give from its own resources. It says what help the child must get, and the council must make sure it is provided.
A pupil is counted in one group or the other, not both. Both figures are a share of all pupils at the school, counted by the Department for Education in the January school census (January 2025, academic year 2024/25).
To compare schools, look at the same two figures for other schools. Each is a share of that school's own pupils, so schools of different sizes can be set side by side. A higher figure is not better or worse: it says how many pupils get this help, not how good the help is.
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census January 2025
Attendance and staffing
- Overall absence
- 2.8% 2024/25
- Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)
- 1.8%
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026
School capacity survey, May 2025
- Places (capacity survey)
- 1,327
- Pupils on roll (capacity survey)
- 1,312
Counted on 1 May for the capacity survey, so these can differ from the register's capacity and the January census under At a glance.
Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25
Compare with similar schools
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