Barbara Priestman Academy
Meadowside, Sunderland, SR2 7QN
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
178
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 2.7
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 3.7%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 3.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0%
- EBacc APS
- 0.2
- Cohort Size
- 27
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 96.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 190
- Boys
- 140 (74%)
- Girls
- 50 (26%)
- Capacity
- 178 (107% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 59.1%
- EAL
- 1.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 7.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £22,184/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.6%
- Persistent Absence
- 43.0%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.7%
- White Other: 1.6%
- Other: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
91.7%
White British
1.6%
White Other
1.6%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138530
- UKPRN
- 10038145
- Establishment No.
- 7004
- Trust
- THE ASCENT ACADEMIES' TRUST