St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Washington
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Washington, NE38 8AF
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Biddick Academy
Biddick Lane, Washington, NE38 8AL
Local ranking7th of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: Strong
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 42.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 46.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 213
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Continued in education
- 67.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1069
- Boys
- 581 (54%)
- Girls
- 488 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (97% full)
- SEND
- 23.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.0%
- EAL
- 2.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.6%
- SEN Support
- 18.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 63.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,035/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.9% 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
Loading chart
- White British: 95.2%
- White Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Asian Other: 0.6%
- Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
95.2%
White British
1.0%
White Other
0.7%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Biddick Lane
Washington, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 139839
- UKPRN
- 10042218
- Establishment No.
- 4067
- Trust
- NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST
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