Secondary
Whitburn Church of England Academy
Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7EF
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1204 of 1265 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.0
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- WHITBURN CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY
- Diocese
- Diocese of Durham
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 91.2
- Pupils per adult
- 13.6
- Pupils
- 1,239
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2025
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
50%
10 points above the South Tyneside average (40% across 8 schools)
51.6
7.4 above the South Tyneside average (44.2 across 8 schools)
1st of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in South Tyneside we can score - 9 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.43 |
| Entered the EBacc | 22% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| A level average points per entry | 33.28 |
| A level students | 113 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51% |
| 22/23 | 51% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.2 |
| 22/23 | 32.8 |
| 23/24 | 31.9 |
| 24/25 | 33.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.21 |
| 22/23 | +0.17 |
| 23/24 | -0.11 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.3 |
| 22/23 | 51.6 |
| 23/24 | 48.8 |
| 24/25 | 51.6 |
Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7EF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
South Tyneside admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- John Crowe
- Address
- Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7EF
- Telephone
- 01915293712