Wallington County Grammar School, Wallington

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our motto is Per Ardua Ad Summa , 'Through Difficulties to the Heights'. Coming to school here as a student or professional means that we reach those heights daily by being part of such a successful educational organisation."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, tennis, yoga, drama, choir, chess, coding, Lego, STEM and photography.

In 2026, pupils at Wallington County Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 82, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 62.3 in Sutton and 47 across England.

99% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 72% in Sutton and 47% in England.

That is up from 77.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.95: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Wallington County Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 165 families put Wallington County Grammar School as their first choice and 1027 named it as one of their preferences, for 170 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 94 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Wallington County Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test - in Sutton, the Selective Eligibility Test (SET). Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Wallington County Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Sutton's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Sutton has 5 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Wallington County Grammar School are Carshalton High School for Girls (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.7); St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls (0.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54.4); Wilson's School (1.2 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 86.8); and Carshalton Boys Sports College (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.1).

Wallington County Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Wallington County Grammar School is one of 39 schools run by Greenshaw Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48 in 2024/25.

Of the 147 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 99% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 2% to a further education college.

Of the 171 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 78% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 6% into work. 66% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

7.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 32.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (52%), White British (14%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 47 pupils (4.2%) received SEN support and 5 (0.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Hackbridge, about 900 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Wallington County Grammar School, 60 metres away.

In 2024/25, Wallington County Grammar School issued 23 suspensions, 2.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Wallington County Grammar School are Holy Trinity CofE Junior School (0.1 miles), Beddington Infants' School (0.2 miles), All Saints Carshalton Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles) and Victor Seymour Infants' School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.