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Christ's College

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Sunderland · Sunderland · SR4 8PG http://www.christscollege.org.uk/

Pupils
778
cap. 860
Ages
4 - 18
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Academy
63%
RWM expected · 2024/25
8%
RWM higher · 2024/25
65%
GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25
43%
GCSE 5+ · 2024/25
43.2
Attainment 8 · 2024/25
43%
EBacc entry · 2024/25
276.5
EBacc APS · 2024/25
778
Pupils · 2024/25
7%
EAL · 2024/25
25%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
63%
RWM expected · 2024/25
8%
RWM higher · 2024/25
65%
GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25
43%
GCSE 5+ · 2024/25
43.2
Attainment 8 · 2024/25
43%
EBacc entry · 2024/25
276.5
EBacc APS · 2024/25
778
Pupils · 2024/25
7%
EAL · 2024/25
25%
Persistent abs. · 2024/25
Ofsted inspection
Good

Ofsted inspection · 17/10/2023

Inadequate
Requires improvement
Good
Outstanding
Local authoritySunderland
PhaseAll-through with sixth form
School typeAcademy
Pupil : teacher ratio18.6:1
AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterNone
StatusOpen

Overview of Christ's College · All-through · Sunderland

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard
63%
+12pp
63%57%51%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 63%
RWM higher standard
8%
0pp
8%7%5%
'18'19'23'24'25
'25 · 8%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
78%
Reading higher standard
30%
Writing expected standard
80%
Writing higher standard
27%
Maths expected standard
73%
Maths higher standard
13%
Science expected standard
80%
SPAG expected standard
68%
SPAG higher standard
30%
Reading scaled score
105.0
Maths scaled score
103.0
GPS scaled score
105.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths
65%
+7pp
72%64%55%
'19'22'23'24'25
'25 · 65%
GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths
43%
+8pp
47%41%35%
'19'22'23'24'25
'25 · 43%
Attainment 8
43.2
+3.3
52.846.339.9
'19'22'23'24'25
'25 · 43.2
EBacc entry
43%
+10pp
43%37%30%
'19'22'23'24'25
'25 · 43%
EBacc APS
276.5
+26.0
276.5234.5192.5
'19'22'23'24'25
'25 · 276.5
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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2018/19 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS
29.7
-5.0
38.033.929.7
'17'18'19
'19 · 29.7
A-level value added
-0.20
-0.3
+0.10.0-0.2
'17'18'19
'19 · -0.2
Average A-level grade
C
0
B-C+C
'17'18'19
'19 · C
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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
778
Pupil : teacher ratio
18.6
Workforce data · 2025/26
EAL
7%
FSM eligible
33%
SEN
16%
Overall absence
7%
Persistent absence
25%

Contact

Address
Pennywell Road, Sunderland, SR4 8PG
Local authority
Sunderland
Telephone
Email

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.SENCohort
2024/2563%8%78%30%80%27%73%13%80%68%105.0103.0105.016%778
2023/2451%8%59%18%73%18%63%14%76%61%102.0101.0101.018%761
2022/2353%5%68%20%80%15%70%12%77%75%103.0103.0102.0+0.00+3.20+0.5018%698
2018/1957%8%80%24%65%14%76%20%59%80%106.0104.0105.0+1.60-2.00-1.2016%541
2017/1856%7%80%36%62%11%69%20%51%71%105.0102.0107.0+1.80-2.10+0.0014%577
2016/1747%2%65%16%58%14%58%16%77%60%101.0100.0103.0-0.50-1.50-2.0013%538

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

YearGCSE 9–4GCSE 5+Attainment 8Progress 8EBacc entryEBacc APSEBacc lang entryCohort
2024/2565%43%43.2Not applicable43%276.543%778
2023/2458%35%39.9-0.6833%250.533%761
2022/2355%38%41.6-0.5643%211.745%698
2021/2260%38%46.0-0.0530%192.534%636
2018/1972%47%52.8+0.5837%196.537%541
2017/1858%36%46.6+0.0453%149.753%577
2016/1768%32%43.8Low coverage21%34%538

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

YearA-level APSAvg gradeVA progressAAB+Cohort
2018/1929.7C-0.20Suppressed8
2017/1834.7C++0.0720%16
2016/1738.0B-+0.1333%8

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2577819.816%7%33%7%25%
2023/2476120.418%6%32%10%32%
2022/2369820.418%4%32%10%32%
2021/2263617.820%3%29%10%38%
2020/2155816.716%3%26%
2018/1954119.116%5%20%5%12%
2017/1857714%4%17%5%14%
2016/1753847.213%3%15%5%10%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.