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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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 15 January 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 12 November 2019Graded 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 entry406 applications · 201 places offered · 241 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.0; South Tyneside median median 1.7
- 2025 1.7; South Tyneside median median 1.7
- 2024 1.8; South Tyneside median median 1.8
- 2023 1.8; South Tyneside median median 1.8
- 2022 1.8; South Tyneside median median 1.6
- 2021 1.8; South Tyneside median median 1.7
- 2020 2.0; South Tyneside median median 1.8
- 2019 2.3; South Tyneside median median 1.5
- 2018 2.4; South Tyneside median median 1.6
- 2017 2.5; South Tyneside median median 1.6
- 2016 2.2; South Tyneside median median 1.5
- 2015 1.9; South Tyneside median median 1.5
- 2014 2.0; South Tyneside median median 1.6
- This school
- South Tyneside 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 | 201 | 406 | 2.0 | 241 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2025 | 193 | 319 | 1.7 | 188 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 202 | 362 | 1.8 | 218 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2023 | 204 | 369 | 1.8 | 229 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2022 | 202 | 364 | 1.8 | 222 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 | 204 | 364 | 1.8 | 232 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2020 | 205 | 419 | 2.0 | 242 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2019 | 202 | 456 | 2.3 | 237 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2018 | 205 | 494 | 2.4 | 257 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2017 | 193 | 475 | 2.5 | 269 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2016 | 190 | 413 | 2.2 | 234 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2015 | 191 | 369 | 1.9 | 229 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2014 | 194 | 378 | 2.0 | 220 | 1.13 |
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.) | 192 | 50.0 | 49% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 201 | 51.6 | 50% | 79% | – |
| 2023/24 | 201 | 48.8 | 39% | 70% | −0.11 |
| 2022/23 | 199 | 51.6 | 51% | 77% | +0.17 |
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
- Whitburn Church of England AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 50.0Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · SunderlandGood20231.4applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · South TynesideGood20242.3applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · SunderlandStandards maintained20251.5applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · South TynesideGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 46.0Attainment 8
- 5.1 km · South TynesideGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · South TynesideGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 38.5Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · SunderlandGood20231.7applications per place 52.1Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · SunderlandGood20241.6applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136386 · 393/4605
- Trust
- Whitburn Church of England Academy
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,265 pupils · 1,204 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2011
- Replaced
- Whitburn Church of England School (URN 134512); Whitburn School (URN 108733)
- Address
- Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7EF
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources