Whitburn Church of England Academy
Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7EF
Local ranking2nd of 9 secondary schools in South Tyneside
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1265
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 51.6
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.2%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 79.1%
- Entering EBacc
- 21.9%
- EBacc APS
- 4.4
- Cohort Size
- 201
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 71.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 14.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.3
Avg Points/Entry
32.4
Best 3 A-Levels
113
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.9%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 195
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1205
- Boys
- 564 (47%)
- Girls
- 641 (53%)
- Capacity
- 1265 (95% full)
- SEND
- 14.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.1%
- EAL
- 1.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.8%
- SEN Support
- 13.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,541/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.9%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- White Other: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Asian Chinese: 0.6%
92.0%
White British
1.4%
Mixed Other
0.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136386
- UKPRN
- 10032354
- Establishment No.
- 4605
- Trust
- WHITBURN CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY