Washington Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Mar 6 2024 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
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Sunderland
Unique reference
144937
Address
Spout Lane, NE37 2AA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
660 (74% of total capacity)
Boys
49.7%
Girls
50.3%
First language not English
3.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
55.3%
Persistent absence
40.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.5%
Other White 2.6%
African 2.4%
Mixed 1.6%
Unclassified 0.8%
Other 0.6%
Indian 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.91
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.5
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 39%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 12%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.3
Local authority average 42.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.65
Local authority average 3.68
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award13
Sports StudiesTechnical Award38
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award5
MultimediaTechnical Award42
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award31
Art & DesignGCSE43
BiologyGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE20
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE10
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Washington Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
78
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
76
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
18
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
76
2nd preference
1
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 classes20.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
139
64
75
Year 8
139
70
69
Year 9
135
81
54
Year 10
93
43
50
Year 11
154
70
84
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
68.0%
79.1%
86.5%
Further education
60.0%
52.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
7.0%
26.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
14.0%
6.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
6.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
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

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