Thornhill Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D48
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sunderland, SR2 7NA
- Distance
- 0.5km away
St Aidan's Catholic Academy
Willowbank Road, Ashbrooke, Sunderland, SR2 7HJ
Local ranking1st of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 18 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 51.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 62.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 72.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 123
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 57.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
61
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 147
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 992
- Boys
- 992 (100%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (99% full)
- SEND
- 10.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.5%
- EAL
- 25.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.5%
- SEN Support
- 10.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,283/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 58.5%
- Black African: 12.2%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 7.8%
- Asian Other: 5.6%
- Asian Indian: 5.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.6%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Other: 1.8%
58.5%
White British
12.2%
Black African
7.8%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Willowbank Road
Sunderland, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 139538
- UKPRN
- 10041038
- Establishment No.
- 4607
- Trust
- BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
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