Schools / Wilson's School
Wilson's School
- Grammar school
- Boys
- Day
- Ages 11–18
- 1,327 pupils
Wilson's School is a selective grammar school for boys in Wallington, Sutton, educating around 1,300 pupils aged 11 to 18. It is a Church of England school. 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 URN136621
The exam
Athena holds admission-route records for Wilson's School. 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 joint Stage 2 examination in early October
Results: Stage 2 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 joint boys’ Stage 2 examination on Saturday 3 October 2026
Results: Stage 2 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
No catchment — open competition
Places are ranked by the combined SET and Second Stage score. There is no catchment priority; alongside the statutory priority for looked-after children, Wilson’s operates Free School Meals and aptitude criteria set out in its admissions policy.
Read the school's admissions policy
Admissions in numbers
| Entry year | Qualifying score | Intake places | Notes & source |
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| 2027 | | 186 | Published Admission Number as reported in secondary admissions guides (the school's own FAQ confirms its criteria structure but does not state the PAN in the text reviewed). 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 86.9; 100% 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 50.63 (average grade A); 79.3% of A level students achieved AAB or higher
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
2024 results
GCSE: Attainment 8 score 85.6; 99.5% 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 49.35 (average grade A)
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
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