St Aidan's Catholic Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.94 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Aidan's Catholic Academy is a secondary school in Sunderland for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 18 February 2025. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Aidan's Catholic 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 | 4.94 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
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last place offered went to a child living 4.94 miles away, nearer the school than in 2025.
- That was the 3rd longest of 16 Sunderland secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance, where the middle figure was 3.48 miles.
- Year 7 2026 drew 176 first-choice applications for 179 offers; 173 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (2%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- Willowbank Road, Ashbrooke, Sunderland, SR2 7HJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 1,057 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 18 February 2025
Strengths
- “St Aidan’s is a thriving and happy place.”
- “Pupils are extremely proud to be part of this highly ambitious school.”
- “Leaders have the highest expectations for the pupils.”
To improve
- “However, some students do not achieve as highly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2025 (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) | 63% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.2 | 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: 176 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 173 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.
- Thornhill Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Southmoor Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Venerable Bede Church of England Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sandhill View Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Farringdon Community Academy 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Red House Academy 2.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Castle View Enterprise Academy 2.9 mi Good Last distance published