Christ's College is a all-through school located in Sunderland. 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 22/03/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading and progress in maths are average, progress in writing is below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.6%, which is 0.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Pennywell Road, Sunderland

School Information

Address: Pennywell Road, Sunderland, SR4 8PG
Website: http://www.christscollege.org.uk/
Telephone: 01915344444
School Type: Free schools
Education phase: All-through
Local authority: Sunderland
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Nicola White
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138567

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 22/03/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 560
Number of Pupils: 558
Number of Boys: 259
Number of Girls: 299

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Below Average: 1.6 Confidence interval -0.1 to 3.3
Writing
Below Average: -2 Confidence interval -3.6 to -0.4
Maths
Average: -1.2 Confidence interval -2.7 to 0.3

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:57%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:8%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:106
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:104
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Above Average: 0.58 Confidence interval 0.18 to 0.97
Of the 43 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 40 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:37%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:47%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:52.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.57
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Pennywell Early Years Centre
Portsmouth Road , Pennywell SR4 9AX
4out of 4 596 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Hylton Red House Nursery School
Rotherham Road , Red House Estate SR5 5QL
4out of 4 3,279 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Broadway Junior School
Springwell Road , SR4 8NW
3out of 4 590 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
Grindon Lane , Grindon SR4 8HP
4out of 4 596 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
Hylton Road , Pennywell SR4 9AA
3out of 4 683 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Highfield Academy
Fordfield Road , Ford Estate SR4 0DA
3out of 4 1,125 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Grindon Infant School
Gleneagles Road , SR4 9QN
3out of 4 1,231 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sandhill View Academy
Grindon Lane , Thorney Close SR3 4EN
2out of 4 1,102 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Castle View Enterprise Academy
Cartwright Road , SR5 3DX
3out of 4 2,818 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Farringdon Community Academy
Allendale Road , SR3 3EL
2out of 4 2,860 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Thornhill Academy
Thornholme Road , SR2 7NA
1out of 4 3,101 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
Thornhill Terrace , SR2 7JN
4out of 4 3,211 yd Academy converter No Girls More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
City of Sunderland College
Bede Centre , Durham Road SR3 4AH
- not rated 2,002 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Christ's College
Pennywell Road , SR4 8PG
2out of 4 0 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
Academy 360
Portsmouth Road , SR4 9BA
1out of 4 482 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Link School
Swindon Road , SR3 4EE
3out of 4 1,160 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
North View Academy
St. Lukes Road , South Hylton SR4 0HB
3out of 4 1,229 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
Sunningdale School
Shaftoe Road , Springwell SR3 4HA
4out of 4 1,324 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
Thornhill Park School
Portland Road , Plains Farm SR3 1SS
- not rated 1,922 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Education and Services for People with Autism
Ferryboat Lane , SR5 3RL
- not rated 2,312 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.