Monkwearmouth Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.771 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Monkwearmouth Academy is a secondary school in Sunderland for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 15 November 2023. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Monkwearmouth 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 | 1.771 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
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.771 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 16 Sunderland secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7, the 2026 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025.
- Year 7 2026 had 131 first-choice applications for 146 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 15 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 45% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 45.8 (England 46).
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
- Torver Crescent, Seaburn Dene, Sunderland, SR6 8LG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 810 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 15 November 2023
Strengths
- “Monkwearmouth Academy is a rapidly improving school.”
- “The school has included a programme of ‘ME time’ into the curriculum each week to enable all pupils to access a wide range of opportunities.”
- “This ensures that pupils know how to stay healthy and safe.”
To improve
- “The impact of these recent developments has not been fully realised through published examination results.”
- “Some pupils, including the most disadvantaged, do not attend school as often as they should.”
- “This is limiting their progress.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 2023 (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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.8 | 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: 131 first-preference applications, 146 offers in total, 131 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.
- Red House Academy 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle View Enterprise Academy 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornhill Academy 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Catholic Academy 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Southmoor Academy 3.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sandhill View Academy 3.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Venerable Bede Church of England Academy 4.3 mi Not judged Last distance published