Sandhill View Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.044 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Sandhill View Academy is a secondary school in Sunderland for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Sandhill View 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 | 2.044 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 2024/25, 49% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), but the Attainment 8 score was 38.6 (England 46).
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 2.044 miles away, 5th shortest of the 16 Sunderland secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 in 2026 drew 133 first-choice applications for 146 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the last distance was nearer the school than in 2025.
- 54% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 42.6% across 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
- Grindon Lane, Thorney Close, Sunderland, SR3 4EN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 743 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 54% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 18 November 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils appreciate the support and care that they receive.”
- “They grow to understand that staff want the best for them.”
- “They turn to staff if they need a helping hand to resolve a problem or worry.”
To improve
- “The lower attendance of some limits the extent to which they benefit from the care and opportunities that the school offers.”
- “However, leaders recognise that this is not consistent across all subjects.”
- “However, the full impact of these changes is to be realised.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2026 (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) | 38.6 | 46 |
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: 133 first-preference applications, 146 offers in total, 133 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.
- Farringdon Community Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Thornhill Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Catholic Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Venerable Bede Church of England Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Southmoor Academy 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Castle View Enterprise Academy 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Red House Academy 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published