Venerable Bede Church of England Academy
Tunstall Bank, Sunderland, SR2 0SX
Local ranking15th of 19 secondary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.1
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.8%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 44.4%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9
- Cohort Size
- 178
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 77.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 14.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 843
- Boys
- 412 (49%)
- Girls
- 431 (51%)
- Capacity
- 900 (94% full)
- SEND
- 15.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.3%
- EAL
- 2.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 14.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,360/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.7%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.9%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 92.9%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Other: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
- Black Caribbean: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.2%
92.9%
White British
2.3%
White Other
2.3%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139184
- UKPRN
- 10039973
- Establishment No.
- 4073
- Trust
- NORTHERN LIGHTS LEARNING TRUST