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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 12 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 14 January 2020Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry90 applications · 62 places offered · 60 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2024 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.2; Sunderland median median 1.4
- 2022 1.2; Sunderland median median 1.4
- 2021 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2020 2.5; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2019 2.2; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2018 2.8; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2017 2.4; Sunderland median median 1.8
- 2016 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.7
- 2015 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.7
- 2014 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.6
- This school
- Sunderland median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 62 | 90 | 1.5 | 60 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 91 | 123 | 1.4 | 90 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 62 | 102 | 1.7 | 56 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 95 | 113 | 1.2 | 66 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2022 | 104 | 125 | 1.2 | 82 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 61 | 102 | 1.7 | 61 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 55 | 135 | 2.5 | 52 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 67 | 150 | 2.2 | 54 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 48 | 132 | 2.8 | 44 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 146 | 2.4 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 77 | 129 | 1.7 | 77 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 95 | 151 | 1.6 | 93 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2014 | 96 | 153 | 1.6 | 98 | 1.02 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 66 | 49.8 | 62% | 80% | – |
| 2024/25 | 78 | 44.8 | 51% | 65% | – |
| 2023/24 | 84 | 43.1 | 45% | 71% | +0.14 |
| 2022/23 | 63 | 38.4 | 40% | 59% | −0.50 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Red House AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · SunderlandGood20231.2applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · SunderlandGood20231.4applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · South TynesideGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · SunderlandGood20231.7applications per place 52.1Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · SunderlandGood20221.2applications per place 29.1Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · SunderlandGood20231.9applications per place 40.8Attainment 8
- 4.0 km · SunderlandGood20241.6applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · South TynesideStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135878 · 394/6907
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 600 pupils · 432 on roll
- Free school meals
- 59.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Replaced
- Hylton Red House School (URN 108855)
- Address
- Rutherglen Road, Red House Estate, Sunderland, SR5 5LN
- Local authority
- Sunderland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources