Biddick Academy is a secondary school located in Washington. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 17/05/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.5%, which is 2.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Biddick Lane, Washington, NE38 8AL
Website: http://www.biddickacademy.com/
Telephone: 01915111600
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Sunderland
Headteacher / Principal: Miss Kate Morris
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 139839

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 17/05/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1100
Number of Pupils: 1111
Number of Boys: 570
Number of Girls: 541

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 16.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.33 Confidence interval -0.5 to -0.16
Of the 216 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 216 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:40%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:34%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:43.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.74
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Oxclose Nursery School
Brancepeth Road , Oxclose NE38 0LA 		4out of 4 1,945 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Usworth Colliery Nursery School
Manor Road , Sulgrave NE37 3BL 		3out of 4 2,996 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Biddick Primary School
Kirkham , Biddick Village NE38 7HQ 		3out of 4 655 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
John F Kennedy Primary School
Station Road , Columbia NE38 7AR 		3out of 4 889 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Fatfield Academy
Southcroft , Fatfield NE38 8RB 		3out of 4 903 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Wessington Primary School
Lanercost , NE38 7PY 		3out of 4 1,142 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Barmston Village Primary School
Barmston Centre , NE38 8JA 		3out of 4 1,384 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Biddick Academy
Biddick Lane , NE38 8AL 		2out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College
Biddick Lane , NE38 8AF 		3out of 4 509 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Oxclose Community Academy
Dilston Close , Oxclose Village NE38 0LN 		3out of 4 1,989 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Washington Academy
Spout Lane , NE37 2AA 		1out of 4 2,111 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Columbia Grange School
Oxclose Road , NE38 7NY 		4out of 4 617 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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