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Sutton CofE VA Primary School

PrimaryAges 4–11Voluntary aidedChurch of England

near Potton, SG19 2NE · Central Bedfordshire local authority

Potton’s School Grade D− better than 2% of towns in England

Getting in
13/14
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
98 pupils
93% of its 105 places
Free school meals
4%
4 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Sutton CofE VA Primary School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, November 2025: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Potton, the nearest town
  • 93% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (13 of 14)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (SG19 2) sold for a median £370,000; Potton’s is £355,500
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Sutton CofE VA Primary School?

93% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

14
families put it first for September 2026
15
places offered
93%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (11), 2020 (9), 2021 (16), 2022 (5), 2023 (4), 2024 (2), 2025 (7), 2026 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Central Bedfordshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

1.17 per place
84% got their first choice
1.02 per place
92% got their first choice
0.95 per place
100% got their first choice
Sutton CofE VA Primary
0.93 per place
93% got their first choice
0.79 per place
100% got their first choice
0.75 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

87 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
6.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.4%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
2.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 54%Boys 46%
Its letter

No letter for Sutton CofE VA Primary School

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting November 2025.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingStrong standard
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard

Before the report card: Graded inspection: Good, September 2021.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Sutton CofE VA Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in SG19 2, the school’s postcode sector

Potton property prices →
£370,000
median sale, 447 sales in 36 months · Potton £355,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K2010201520202025SG19 2Potton
SG19 2Potton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£469K
Semi-detached
£351K
Terraced
£291K
Flat
£138K
SG19 2Potton

Homes in SG19 2 sell for a little over Potton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

1 state school
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDSutton CofE VA Primary Scho…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

near Potton, SG19 2NE

Sutton CofE VA Primary School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Sutton CofE VA Primary School?

For September 2026, 14 families put Sutton CofE VA Primary School first and 13 of them were offered a place; 15 places were offered in all.

What is Sutton CofE VA Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (November 2025) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Sutton CofE VA Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, SG19 2, sold for a median £370,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (447 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Potton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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