Washington Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Washington, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.612 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Washington Academy is a secondary school in Washington, Sunderland for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Washington 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 | 3.612 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 2026 the last child offered a place lived 3.612 miles away, further than in 2025, 6th longest of 16 Sunderland secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 22% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sunderland.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 105 first-choice applications for 108 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility is 58.4% of pupils, 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
- Spout Lane, Washington, NE37 2AA
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 627 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 58.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 21 April 2026
Strengths
- “Washington Academy is a happy school.”
- “Pupils and staff enjoy warm, respectful relationships.”
- “The school’s value to ‘care about every child’ is lived out in practice.”
To improve
- “Over time, pupils have not achieved as well as they should in national tests and examinations.”
- “Historically weaker teaching and low attendance has impacted negatively on pupils’ success.”
- “However, there is more to do to ensure pupils’ attendance and achievement meets leaders’ high expectations and national benchmarks.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 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) | 22% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 33.1 | 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: 105 first-preference applications, 108 offers in total, 105 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.
- Biddick Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oxclose Community Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Washington 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Castle View Enterprise Academy 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandhill View Academy 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Red House Academy 4.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Farringdon Community Academy 4.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Kepier 5.1 mi Good Last distance published