All-through
Christ's College
Pennywell Road, Sunderland, SR4 8PG
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 796 of 860 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.0
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Trust
- EMMANUEL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 38.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 46.3
- Pupils per adult
- 16.4
- Pupils
- 761
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 October 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
43%
43.2
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 103 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 63% |
| Working at a higher standard | 8% |
| Attainment 8 | 43.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.84 |
| Entered the EBacc | 43% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 53% |
| 23/24 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 63% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38% |
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 35% |
| 24/25 | 43% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.05 |
| 22/23 | -0.56 |
| 23/24 | -0.68 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 101.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.0 |
| 22/23 | 41.6 |
| 23/24 | 39.9 |
| 24/25 | 43.2 |
Pennywell Road, Sunderland, SR4 8PG
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 15 January, the year before starting.
Sunderland 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
- Julie Normanton
- Address
- Pennywell Road, Sunderland, SR4 8PG
- Telephone
- 01915344444