Farringdon Community Academy is a secondary 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 04/04/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 8.8%, which is 4.8 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Allendale Road, Sunderland

School Information

Address: Allendale Road, Sunderland, SR3 3EL
Website: http://www.farringdonschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01919171500
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Sunderland
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Neal Holder
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 139852

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 04/04/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 900
Number of Pupils: 718
Number of Boys: 399
Number of Girls: 319

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 8.8% 4%
Persistent absence: 25.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.7 Confidence interval -0.91 to -0.48
Of the 136 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 136 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:1%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:89%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:30%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:37.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.87
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Mill Hill Nursery School
Torphin Hill Drive, Doxford Park SR3 2PJ 		1,768 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Farringdon Academy
Archer Road, Farringdon SR3 3DJ 		501 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4East Herrington Primary Academy
Balmoral Terrace, East Herrington SR3 3PR 		775 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Hasting Hill Academy
Tilbury Road, Sunderland SR3 4LY 		1,028 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy
Marcross Drive, Moorside SR3 2RE 		1,062 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Thorney Close Primary School
Torquay Road, SR3 4BB 		1,261 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Farringdon Community Academy
Allendale Road, SR3 3EL 		0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
2out of 4Sandhill View Academy
Grindon Lane, Thorney Close SR3 4EN 		1,816 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Venerable Bede Church of England Academy
Tunstall Bank, SR2 0SX 		2,714 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedCity of Sunderland College
Bede Centre, Durham Road SR3 4AH 		2,681 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Christ's College
Pennywell Road, SR4 8PG 		2,860 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
1out of 4Academy 360
Portsmouth Road, SR4 9BA 		3,173 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Portland Academy
Weymouth Road, Chapelgarth SR3 2NQ 		1,553 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4Sunningdale School
Shaftoe Road, Springwell SR3 4HA 		1,837 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4The Link School
Swindon Road, SR3 4EE 		2,044 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
- not ratedThornhill Park School
Portland Road, Plains Farm SR3 1SS 		2,233 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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