Report card · inspected Nov 2025
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Sunderland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 18 November 2025Report card · 2 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 28 September 2021Graded 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 entry203 applications · 146 places offered · 133 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2024 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.3; Sunderland median median 1.4
- 2022 1.3; Sunderland median median 1.4
- 2021 1.3; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2020 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2019 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2018 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2017 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.8
- 2016 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.7
- 2015 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.5; Sunderland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Sunderland median
Dashed bars: as Sandhill View School (URN 108867), the previous school.
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 | 146 | 203 | 1.4 | 133 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 147 | 210 | 1.4 | 145 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 144 | 205 | 1.4 | 141 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 149 | 187 | 1.3 | 132 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2022 | 149 | 190 | 1.3 | 148 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 117 | 155 | 1.3 | 113 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 137 | 240 | 1.8 | 133 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 136 | 231 | 1.7 | 133 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 137 | 237 | 1.7 | 136 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 132 | 224 | 1.7 | 124 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 | 135 | 224 | 1.7 | 132 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 * | 125 | 195 | 1.6 | 121 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 173 | 252 | 1.5 | 169 | 0.98 |
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.) | 142 | 41.1 | 48% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 144 | 38.6 | 49% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 137 | 40.6 | 50% | 63% | −0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 149 | 38.5 | 27% | 48% | −0.73 |
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
- Sandhill View AcademyThis schoolThis school20251.4applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · SunderlandGood20231.9applications per place 40.8Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · SunderlandGood20221.2applications per place 29.1Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Sunderland20261.3applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · SunderlandGood20241.6applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · SunderlandGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · SunderlandGood20231.7applications per place 52.1Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · SunderlandSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · SunderlandRemains Good20221.7applications per place 46.8Attainment 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 141986 · 394/4001
- Trust
- Aspire North East Multi Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 750 pupils · 743 on roll
- Free school meals
- 54.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2015
- Replaced
- Sandhill View School (URN 108867)
- Address
- Grindon Lane, Thorney Close, Sunderland, SR3 4EN
- Local authority
- Sunderland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources