Whitburn Church of England Academy, Sunderland

At age 16 (%)

At age 18 (%)

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Whitburn Church of England Academy

Whitburn, Sunderland SR6 7EF

https://www.whitburncofeacademy.org/

Whitburn Church of England Academy is a non-selective, Church of England academy. It has about 1,220 boys and girls aged between 11 and 18. In November 2019 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Environment, Sixth form, Destinations and Progress. Relative weaknesses include Representation and Admissions.

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
1.4		Monkwearmouth Academy
2.6		Harton Academy
2.9		Red House Academy
3.4		St Wilfrid's RC College
3.5		Mortimer Community College
3.5		Boldon School
3.7		St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
3.9		Thornhill Academy
4.0		St Aidan's Catholic Academy
4.1		Castle View Enterprise Academy
4.2		Southmoor Academy
4.9		Christ's College

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Environment: Excellent. Air pollution, traffic accidents and crime are all very low.

Sixth form: Excellent. Attainment is about average, progress is excellent and destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are excellent.

Destinations: Excellent. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is quite high, while at 18 (allowing for attainment) it is very high.

Progress: Excellent. Up to age 16 it is above average, while at ages 16-18 it is excellent. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Attendance: Above average. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both quite low.

Attainment: Above average. Up to age 16 it is above average, while at ages 16-18 it is about average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Finances: About average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress up to age 16 is about average. Destinations at 16 are below average. Progress at 16-18 is above average. Destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are below average.

Admissions: Below average. The occupancy rate is roughly average and the offer rate is quite low. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix is out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is slightly out of balance with the local community.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

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Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

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