Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C58
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chester le Street, DH3 2LP
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Oxclose Community Academy
Dilston Close, Oxclose Village, Washington, NE38 0LN
Local ranking11th of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 19 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 38.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 213
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 81.0%
- Continued in education
- 71.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1078
- Boys
- 568 (53%)
- Girls
- 510 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (103% full)
- SEND
- 24.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 38.0%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.2%
- SEN Support
- 20.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 65.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,210/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 94.6%
- White Other: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.4%
- Other: 0.4%
94.6%
White British
0.8%
White Other
0.8%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138923
- UKPRN
- 10039303
- Establishment No.
- 4063
- Trust
- THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST
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