The Sutton Academy (formerly Sutton High Sports College and originally known as Sutton Community High School) is a secondary school in the Sutton area of St. Helens, Merseyside, England. It is a medium sized school for about 1300 students, catering to children from ages 11 to 18. The Sutton Academy was originally opened as a replacement for the much older Robins Lane High School. The Robins Lane site remained in use up until its demolition. The bell from the old facility can be seen on display inside the current Sutton Academy site. The school achieved specialist status in sports in 2002. The Sutton Academy's current facilities were slated to be extensively refurbished as part of the government's Building Schools for the Future scheme until the scheme was axed. The school became an academy in 2010. The school's current chair of governors is Keith Flanagan, the headteacher was Mr. P. Melia up until his resignation in 2008, and was replaced by the former longstanding headteacher of Haydock Sports College, Mr. S. Fullerton, who was head from September 2008 until July 2009, and then replaced by Ian Walker, who was introduced in September.