Southmoor 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 are good. The school inspection was carried out on 16/11/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.3%, which is 1.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Ryhope Road, Sunderland, SR2 7TF
Website: http://www.southmoorschool.co.uk/
Telephone: 01915949991
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Sunderland
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Joanne Maw
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138103

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 16/11/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1264
Number of Pupils: 1411
Number of Boys: 677
Number of Girls: 734

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -0.52 Confidence interval -0.7 to -0.34
Of the 202 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 194 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:73%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:38%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:43.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.03
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

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3out of 4Hill View Junior Academy
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4out of 4Hill View Infant Academy
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3out of 4St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
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Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Southmoor Academy
Ryhope Road, SR2 7TF
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3out of 4St Aidan's Catholic Academy
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1out of 4Thornhill Academy
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4out of 4St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy
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3out of 4Venerable Bede Church of England Academy
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16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedCity of Sunderland College
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Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedHopespring Sunderland
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- not ratedAshbrooke School
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- not ratedArgyle House School
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- not ratedConsilium Evolve
Thornhill Academy, Thornholme Road SR2 7NA
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3out of 4Barbara Priestman Academy
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School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.