Red House Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 15 2020 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Sunderland
Unique reference
135878
Address
Rutherglen Road, Red House Estate, SR5 5LN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
464 (71% of total capacity)
Boys
48.9%
Girls
51.1%
First language not English
6.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
54.1%
Persistent absence
38.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.5%
African 8.4%
Mixed 3.6%
Other White 2.6%
Other 1.1%
Unclassified 0.6%
Indian 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.5
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.4
Local authority average 42.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.4
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award13
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award6
Speech & DramaTechnical Award9
Sports StudiesTechnical Award10
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE10
BiologyGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE23
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE82
English LiteratureGCSE82
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Red House Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
62
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
56
2nd preference
36
3rd preference
10
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
56
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
99
52
47
Year 8
113
52
61
Year 9
79
40
39
Year 10
88
45
43
Year 11
85
38
47
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
63.0%
78.1%
85.6%
Further education
63.0%
52.7%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
24.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
SP
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
9.0%
6.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
6.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
20.0%
8.4%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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