Southmoor Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.481 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Southmoor Academy is a secondary school in Sunderland for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 September 2022. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Southmoor Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 3.481 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Year 7 place lived 3.481 miles away, the 8th longest of 16 Sunderland secondary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025.
- Year 7 2026 had 237 first-choice applications for 238 offers; 222 offers went to first-choice families and 15 first-choice families (6%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 49% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sunderland.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sunderland schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ryhope Road, Sunderland, SR2 7TF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 1,398 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 September 2022
Strengths
- “Leaders at Southmoor Academy have created a welcoming culture with high ambition for the pupils.”
- “Between pupils and staff there is a shared understanding of the basic expectations to be ready, respectful and safe.”
- “A strong careers programme supports a broad curriculum, enabling pupils have a range of options open to them when they leave school.”
To improve
- “However, a significant minority of pupils have poor attendance.”
- “Attendance is improving, but some pupils are absent from school too much.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 49% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 237 first-preference applications, 238 offers in total, 222 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sunderland.
- St Aidan's Catholic Academy 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thornhill Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Venerable Bede Church of England Academy 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sandhill View Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Farringdon Community Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Red House Academy 3.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Monkwearmouth Academy 3.2 mi Good Last distance published