St Aidan's Catholic Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sunderland
Unique reference
139538
Address
Willowbank Road, Ashbrooke, SR2 7HJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
943 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
23.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.8%
Persistent absence
18.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 62.5%
African 9.8%
Bangladeshi 6.6%
Other Asian 6.3%
Indian 5%
Pakistani 2.9%
Other White 2%
Mixed 2%
Other 1.2%
Chinese 1%
Unclassified 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.5
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 69%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.1
Local authority average 42.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.87
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award31
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award41
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award34
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award26
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE9
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE125
English LiteratureGCSE123
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

St Aidan's Catholic Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
195
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
195
2nd preference
90
3rd preference
20
From another Local Authority
27
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
191
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes20.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
187
187
0
Year 8
172
172
0
Year 9
166
166
0
Year 10
126
126
0
Year 11
156
156
0
Year 12
70
70
0
Year 13
66
66
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
79.1%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
52.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
44.0%
26.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
6.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
6.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
7.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
53.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
33.0%
14.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
31.0%
12.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.5%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
7.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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