Sandhill View Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sunderland, SR3 4EN
- Distance
- 1.7km away
Farringdon Community Academy
Allendale Road, Sunderland, SR3 3EL
Local ranking9th of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1050
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 9 June 2026. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Farringdon Community Academy (URN 139852) since 1 September 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 57.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 95
Destinations
After GCSE 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 675
- Boys
- 354 (50%)
- Girls
- 358 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1050 (68% full)
- SEND
- 22.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 45.2%
- EAL
- 1.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.9%
- SEN Support
- 16.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,820/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
- 11.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 33.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.0%
- Black African: 2.0%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Other: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
93.0%
White British
2.0%
Black African
1.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Allendale Road
Sunderland, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 150268
- UKPRN
- 10093630
- Establishment No.
- 4006
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
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