Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C56
- 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 ranking13th of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 19 November 2024. Figures last updated .
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
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 211
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
- 542 (53%)
- Girls
- 487 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (98% 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
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- 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
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138923
- UKPRN
- 10039303
- Establishment No.
- 4063
- Trust
- THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST
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