Sutton Grammar School
Academy converter secondary school in Sutton (Sutton).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Welcome to Sutton Grammar School, a thriving state-funded selective school situated in the centre of Sutton, with excellent transport links by bus and train. We take 150 boys each year into Year 7, and the vast majority will stay at the school for seven years.
Other students join the school in the Sixth Form; each year, we plan to take about fifty extra students (males or females) into Year 12. The students get excellent results in academic exams, but just as important is that they leave the school confident, articulate young people.
They have a balance of qualifications, skills and experiences that prepare them well for entry to leading universities and professional careers. Our school puts the nurture of its students' welfare on par with the nurture of their intellect.
We value breadth in studies; there is strong support for the arts and sports and for students maintaining a broad range of subjects throughout their time at the school, including in the Sixth Form, where four subjects at A-level is the average load for each student.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
11 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Chess
- Choir
- Climbing
- Cricket
- Drama
- Duke of Edinburgh
- Football
- Orchestra
- Photography
- Stem
- Swimming
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Duke of EdinburghPersonal development
Key facts
- URN
- 136787
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Boys
- Admissions
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Local authority
- Sutton
- Constituency
- Sutton and Cheam
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2011
Governing body (17 current, 3 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.14 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).
Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Felicity Hilary Alexander Confirmed same person | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2029 |
| Miss Felicity Hilary Alexander Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2026 |
| Mrs Nataliya Bennett Confirmed same person | Chief Financial OfficerTrust officer | since 2025 | |
| Mr Shashidhar Katakam Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Julian Robert Edwards Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2025 |
| Ms Regina Stacey Kunadu Bannerman Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Edward James White Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Ms Christina Elizabeth Afrakumah Bannerman Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr David Geoffrey Hobbs Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by academy members | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Peter Ritson Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2023 |
| Mr Paul Andre James Brione Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Samy Joseph Andree Etienne | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2022 · until 2030 |
| Mr Robert William Murrill Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Appointed by academy members | since 2022 |
| Mr Thomas George Kohler Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2020 · until 2028 |
| Mr Benjamin Alexis Cloves Confirmed same person | TrusteeTrust board | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2019 |
| Mr Benjamin Alexis Cloves Confirmed same person | Accounting OfficerTrust officer | since 2019 | |
| Mr Gareth Wilson Jones Confirmed same person | MemberTrust members | Original (signatory) members | since 2011 |
| Mr Robert William Murrill Confirmed same person Former | Chair of TrusteesTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mr Chris Townsend Former | MemberTrust members | Any additional members appointed by the members of the academy trust | since 2017 · term ended 2026 |
| Miss Felicity Hilary Alexander Confirmed same person Former | TrusteeTrust board | Appointed by GB/board | since 2017 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record