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 ranking6th of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 10 March 2026. Figures last updated .
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
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 55.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 202
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
- 549 (55%)
- Girls
- 453 (45%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (91% 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
*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
- 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
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- 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
Contact & Location
Biddick Lane
Washington, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 139839
- UKPRN
- 10042218
- Establishment No.
- 4067
- Trust
- NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST
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