Hasting Hill Academy

Hasting Hill Academy is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all areas of evaluation. The school is praised for its warm and welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and cared for. Relationships between staff and pupils are strong, contributing to a positive atmosphere that promotes learning. The curriculum is ambitious and effectively designed to support pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), who achieve well. However, despite these strengths, the school must address inconsistencies in the outcomes of some subjects and the development of speaking and listening skills.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between pupils and staff contribute to a caring environment.
• Pupils respond well to high expectations and demonstrate good behavior.
• The reading curriculum is well-designed and helps pupils become fluent readers.
• The mathematics curriculum supports mastery of essential number skills.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND ensures they achieve well.
• The early years provision is calm and purposeful, aiding children's development.
• Pupils have access to a range of personal development experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects, like history and art, have gaps in pupils' knowledge.
• Inconsistent development of speaking and listening skills limits expressiveness.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hasting Hill Academy attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.0% of pupils at Hasting Hill Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hasting Hill Academy had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 24.8% of pupils at Hasting Hill Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Hasting Hill Academy received £8,714 and spent £8,818 for each of its 212 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £260,000 (£1,228 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Wise Academies, income was £8,327 and spending £8,361 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Sunderland · Sunderland local authority: places and applications

Hasting Hill Academy is part of Wise Academies, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

• North View Academy Sunderland
• Bexhill Academy Sunderland
• Town End Academy Sunderland
• Ashley Academy South Shields
• Welbeck Academy Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• Thornley Academy Durham
• Esh Winning Academy Durham
• Croftway Academy Blyth
• Adderlane Academy Prudhoe
• Malvin's Close Academy Blyth

What is Hasting Hill Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hasting Hill Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Hasting Hill Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Hasting Hill Academy was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Hasting Hill Academy have?

Hasting Hill Academy has 238 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hasting Hill Academy cover?

Hasting Hill Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Hasting Hill Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hasting Hill Academy?

Hasting Hill Academy is at Tilbury Road, Sunderland, Bexhill Academy, Sunderland, SR3 4LY.