Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Sunderland
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
- 19 November 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 15 January 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry285 applications · 168 places offered · 158 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2024 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.4
- 2022 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.4
- 2021 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2020 1.9; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2019 2.1; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2018 2.1; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2017 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.8
- 2016 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.7
- 2015 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.7
- 2014 1.8; 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 | 168 | 285 | 1.7 | 158 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 176 | 277 | 1.6 | 166 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2024 | 200 | 330 | 1.7 | 198 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 212 | 332 | 1.6 | 201 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 213 | 389 | 1.8 | 245 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2021 | 218 | 373 | 1.7 | 212 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 208 | 387 | 1.9 | 195 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 236 | 496 | 2.1 | 265 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2018 | 210 | 433 | 2.1 | 239 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2017 | 208 | 366 | 1.8 | 207 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 210 | 368 | 1.8 | 205 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 188 | 340 | 1.8 | 177 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 | 205 | 376 | 1.8 | 207 | 1.01 |
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.) | 211 | 42.7 | 40% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 213 | 41.8 | 31% | 57% | – |
| 2023/24 | 238 | 40.9 | 31% | 54% | −0.37 |
| 2022/23 | 228 | 45.9 | 40% | 61% | −0.02 |
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
- Oxclose Community AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Gateshead20251.8applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Sunderland20261.9applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · SunderlandRemains Good20232.2applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Sunderland20261.4applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · GatesheadOutstanding20243.2applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 5.3 km · Gateshead20262.3applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · GatesheadGraded · no overall grade20245.9applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 138923 · 394/4063
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,050 pupils · 1,029 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 November 2012
- Replaced
- Oxclose Community School (URN 108864)
- Address
- Dilston Close, Oxclose Village, Washington, NE38 0LN
- Local authority
- Sunderland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources