Southmoor Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sunderland, SR2 7TF
- Distance
- 2.0km away
Venerable Bede Church of England Academy
Tunstall Bank, Sunderland, SR2 0SX
Local ranking18th of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Placed in a category of concern: Serious weaknesses.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 44.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 44.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9 nat4.1
- 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% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.9% nat15.8%
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: 93.3%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Black African: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Asian Other: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.2%
- Black Other: 0.2%
93.3%
White British
2.3%
White Other
2.0%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Tunstall Bank
Sunderland, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 139184
- UKPRN
- 10039973
- Establishment No.
- 4073
- Trust
- NORTHERN LIGHTS LEARNING TRUST
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