Whitburn Church of England Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 13 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
South Tyneside
Unique reference
136386
Address
Whitburn, SR6 7EF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1239 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
47.3%
Girls
52.7%
First language not English
1.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.6%
Persistent absence
22.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.7%
Mixed 3.3%
Unclassified 0.7%
African 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Other White 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Asian 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.17
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.27
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.6
Local authority average 44.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.38
Local authority average 3.76
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
MultimediaTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE28
BiologyGCSE58
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE58
ChineseGCSE16
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE201
English LiteratureGCSE199
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Whitburn Church of England Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
218
2nd preference
85
3rd preference
59
From another Local Authority
106
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
199
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
39
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
205
96
109
Year 8
206
99
107
Year 9
204
102
102
Year 10
204
98
106
Year 11
201
85
116
Year 12
116
50
66
Year 13
103
56
47
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
76.6%
85.6%
Further education
36.0%
51.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
47.0%
24.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
5.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
7.2%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
10.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
86.0%
59.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
52.0%
22.1%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
5.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.6%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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