Monkwearmouth Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 15 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sunderland
Unique reference
147532
Address
Torver Crescent, SR6 8LG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
802 (68% of total capacity)
Boys
55.5%
Girls
44.5%
First language not English
3.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.8%
Persistent absence
26.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 90.8%
Mixed 3.1%
African 2.1%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other White 1.1%
Indian 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 41%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.8
Local authority average 43.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.84
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award22
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award124
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award8
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE17
BiologyGCSE13
Business Studies:SingleGCSE34
ChemistryGCSE13
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE19
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Monkwearmouth Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
163
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
160
2nd preference
50
3rd preference
24
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
160
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
151
78
73
Year 8
170
93
77
Year 9
159
84
75
Year 10
185
109
76
Year 11
137
81
56
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
77.0%
75.1%
85.5%
Further education
68.0%
53.6%
36.9%
School sixth form
9.0%
21.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
SP
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
7.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
11.2%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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