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Use our free interactive tool to check whether any Sutton property falls within primary or secondary school catchment zones. Sutton is unusual: it is one of the most selective boroughs in the country, so secondary planning here means understanding the 11+ as well as catchment distance.
Free interactive map — enter any Sutton, Cheam, Carshalton or Wallington postcode and see exactly which catchment areas it falls within.
Sutton has an unusually high concentration of selective grammar schools, including Sutton Grammar, Wilson's, Nonsuch High and the Wallington grammars. Entry to these is by entrance test, not catchment distance. Meanwhile the borough's comprehensive schools remain distance-allocated and heavily oversubscribed. Plan for both routes.
The London Borough of Sutton coordinates admissions for community primary and secondary schools. For non-selective schools, places are allocated on published oversubscription criteria that usually end in straight-line distance from home to school.
Sutton's grammar schools run their own selective tests, typically taken in the September of Year 6. Catchment distance may be used only as a tiebreaker between candidates who achieve the same qualifying score, so proximity alone does not secure a place.
Sutton Council publishes annual admissions statistics including the furthest distance offered at each oversubscribed non-selective school. Search 'Sutton school admissions statistics' on the Sutton Council website. Grammar school criteria are published by each school individually.
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Click "Add School" and search by school name or postcode. The tool locates it on the interactive map automatically.
Add the radius from the school's admissions data. You can enter distances in metres for precision.
Use "Check Address" to test any Sutton address. It will show you exactly how far inside or outside the catchment that property sits.
Our tool works for schools across Sutton and surrounding areas:
For Sutton's comprehensive schools, distance decides. Our tool measures to the metre using the council's own method.
See how Sutton catchments have shifted year on year — helpful when grammar demand reshapes the surrounding comprehensives.
Plot up to 5 Sutton schools at once to compare selective and non-selective options side by side.
Generate a shareable link for your estate agent or solicitor before exchange.
Sutton has one of the highest concentrations of selective state schools in England, including Sutton Grammar School, Wilson's School, Nonsuch High School for Girls, Wallington County Grammar and Wallington High School for Girls. Each runs its own entrance test.
Not directly. Admission is decided by test performance. Some Sutton grammar schools use distance or a defined priority area as a tiebreaker between equally-scoring candidates, so it can matter at the margin — check each school's policy.
Non-selective schools in Cheam, Carshalton Beeches and Worcester Park tend to be the most oversubscribed, and their catchment distances are correspondingly short.
Search 'Sutton school admissions statistics' on the Sutton Council website. Grammar schools publish their own admissions arrangements separately.
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