Christ's College

Type Other schools / Free schools
Age Range 4-18
Religion Unknown
Address Pennywell Road
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR4 8PG
Phone 01915344444
Reference Number 138567

General Makeup

Number of pupils 761
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 45.86%
Girls: 54.14%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 31.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 21.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 26.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 18 20 38
2 22 36 58
3 37 21 58
4 22 32 54
5 22 28 50
6 20 31 51
7 38 52 90
8 42 47 89
9 40 51 91
10 33 41 74
11 41 33 74
12 Unknown Unknown Unknown
13 Unknown Unknown Unknown

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 74.1%
African 15.1%
Mixed, Other 2.6%
White, Other 2%
Unclassified 1.8%
Indian 0.9%
White & Asian 0.8%
Asian, Other 0.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.4%
Chinese 0.3%
White & Black (African) 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-12-01
Date Description Report
2023-10-17 School inspection: School inspection:
2021-11-11 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2021-03-23 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2019-11-06 School inspection: School inspection:
2018-05-01 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2017-03-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2016-06-07 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2016-02-09 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-11-11 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-07-01 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2015-02-26 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-11-26 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-09-19 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2014-03-05 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
39.8 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 34.7% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 51.4% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 53% Unlock Unlock
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5% Unlock Unlock

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 103 Unlock Unlock
Maths 103 Unlock Unlock

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0 Unlock Unlock
Writing 3.2 Unlock Unlock
Maths 0.5 Unlock Unlock

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 11 2
Third Preference 2 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

Previous Years

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2024 Admissions

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Second Preference 23 0
Third Preference 16 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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