Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 21 April 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
- 6 March 2024Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry156 applications · 108 places offered · 105 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2024 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.0; Sunderland median median 1.4
- 2022 0.8; Sunderland median median 1.4
- 2021 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2020 2.5; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2019 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2018 1.9; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2017 2.1; Sunderland median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Sunderland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2015 2.4; Sunderland median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.5; Sunderland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Sunderland median
Dashed bars: as Washington School (URN 108865), 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 | 108 | 156 | 1.4 | 105 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 102 | 146 | 1.4 | 98 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 78 | 123 | 1.6 | 76 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 123 | 122 | 1.0 | 94 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2022 | 142 | 116 | 0.8 | 61 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2021 | 102 | 138 | 1.4 | 73 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2020 | 62 | 155 | 2.5 | 59 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 128 | 236 | 1.8 | 83 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2018 | 119 | 226 | 1.9 | 80 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2017 * | 99 | 203 | 2.1 | 80 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2016 * | 105 | 208 | 2.0 | 88 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2015 * | 72 | 175 | 2.4 | 62 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 79 | 198 | 2.5 | 69 | 0.87 |
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.) | 136 | 41.0 | 38% | 60% | – |
| 2024/25 | 90 | 33.1 | 22% | 39% | – |
| 2023/24 | 154 | 30.9 | 16% | 32% | −0.99 |
| 2022/23 | 139 | 33.3 | 12% | 32% | −0.91 |
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
- Washington AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.4applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Sunderland20261.9applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · SunderlandGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · SunderlandRemains Good20232.2applications per place 44.8Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · Gateshead20251.8applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · GatesheadOutstanding20243.2applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · GatesheadGraded · no overall grade20245.9applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 4.7 km · GatesheadGraded · no overall grade20241.6applications per place 37.9Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · SunderlandGood20231.2applications per place 43.1Attainment 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
- 144937 · 394/4065
- Trust
- Consilium Academies
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 627 on roll
- Free school meals
- 58.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Replaced
- Washington School (URN 108865)
- Address
- Spout Lane, Washington, NE37 2AA
- Local authority
- Sunderland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources