Secondary · SR2 · Sunderland

St Aidan's Catholic Academy

Willowbank Road, Ashbrooke, Sunderland, SR2 7HJ

BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance95.2%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.37
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils1057

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Mar 2025): no overall grade — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management outstanding. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SR2. Where we have them, council (Sunderland) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1057
Free school meals
21.2%
6.4% below district average (27.6%)

Also: Sunderland 35.3% · England 25.8%

SEN
10.5%
12.5% below district average (23%)

Also: Sunderland 18.5% · England 16.5%

EAL
25.1%
14.3% above district average (10.8%)
Attendance
95.2%
0.5% above district average (94.7%)

Also: Sunderland 90.7% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
11%
Progress 8
+0.37 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
51.2
Grade 5+ English & maths
62.6%
Grade 4+ English & maths
78%
Entered for EBacc
72.4%
EBacc average point score
4.68

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SR2 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195.6%
  • 2021/2292.5%
  • 2022/2392.9%
  • 2023/2493.2%
  • 2024/2594%

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
1237
Pupils on roll
1057

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Sunderland page.

SEN support

SEN %
10.5%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates