Schools / Nonsuch High School for Girls
Nonsuch High School for Girls
- Grammar school
- Girls
- Day
- Ages 11–18
- 1,494 pupils
Nonsuch High School for Girls is a selective grammar school for girls in Cheam, Sutton, educating around 1,500 pupils aged 11 to 18. Entry is in two stages: the shared Sutton Selective Eligibility Test (multiple-choice English and mathematics), then the school's own second-stage examination for candidates who reach its pass mark.
RegionLondon
DfE URN136795
The exam
Athena holds admission-route records for Nonsuch High School for Girls. They are shown by entry cycle below; where the provider changes between cycles, each cycle keeps its own recorded exam.
2027 entry
Set by Sutton schools consortium (no external provider named by the schools)
Sutton Selective Eligibility Test (SET, Stage 1: multiple-choice English and Maths, no reasoning) followed by the school's Stage 2 entrance examination (extended writing and standard maths).
3889 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: verified · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
Set by Individual schools / small consortia (no board)
Sutton Selective Eligibility Test (SET, Stage 1: multiple-choice English and Maths, no reasoning) followed by the school's Stage 2 entrance examination (extended writing and standard maths).
1038 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: verified · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
2028 entry
Set by Sutton schools consortium (no external provider named by the schools)
Sutton Selective Eligibility Test (SET, Stage 1: multiple-choice English and Maths, no reasoning) followed by the school's Stage 2 entrance examination (extended writing and standard maths).
3889 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: verified · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
Set by Individual schools / small consortia (no board)
Sutton Selective Eligibility Test (SET, Stage 1: multiple-choice English and Maths, no reasoning) followed by the school's Stage 2 entrance examination (extended writing and standard maths).
1038 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: verified · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
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Key dates & preparation
2028 entry
Test: Mid-September of Year 6 (Selective Eligibility Test), with the shared Second Stage examination in late September
Results: Outcomes in mid-October 2027, before the CAF deadline
Offers: National Offer Day — Wednesday 1 March 2028
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
2027 entry
Test: Selective Eligibility Test on Tuesday 15 September 2026; the Nonsuch & Wallington Second Stage Entrance Examination on Saturday 26 September 2026
Results: Outcomes in mid-October 2026, before the 31 October CAF deadline
Offers: National Offer Day — Monday 1 March 2027
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the spring term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
Admissions rules
Catchment applies
After children with an EHCP and looked-after children, places are split between open places awarded on score alone from any address (up to 85) and catchment places (up to 125) for girls living within the school’s 5.25 km catchment, ranked by combined score within each group, with a Pupil Premium tier; distance breaks ties.
Read the school's admissions policy
Admissions in numbers
| Entry year | Qualifying score | Intake places | Notes & source |
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| 2027 | | 210 | Published Admission Number as reported in ExamTutor's admissions guide (secondary source); consistent with the Girls' Learning Trust arrangements. Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28 |
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| 2027 | No pass mark is published in advance: each school sets its own Selective Eligibility Test (SET) pass mark after the papers are marked | | Stage 1 is the shared Sutton SET; candidates who reach a school’s pass mark are invited to that school’s second-stage examination. Wording per Wilson’s School’s published admissions FAQ, which speaks for the six participating schools. Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28 |
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Results & destinations
2025 results
GCSE: Attainment 8 score 80.5; 98.7% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
DfE performance tables
A level: Average point score per A level entry 47.80 (average grade A-); 58.9% of A level students achieved AAB or higher
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
2024 results
GCSE: Attainment 8 score 81.3; 99% of pupils achieved grade 9-5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
DfE performance tables
A level: Average point score per A level entry 43.00 (average grade B+)
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
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