Farringdon Community Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.858 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Farringdon Community Academy is a secondary school in Sunderland for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Farringdon Community 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 | 2.858 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, 50% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Sunderland.
- The Year 7 2026 last distance offered, 2.858 miles, was nearer than in 2025 and 8th shortest of 16 Sunderland secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 202 first-choice applications for 207 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 19.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 15.9 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
- Allendale Road, Sunderland, SR3 3EL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 712 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils' experience of school has considerably improved over time.”
- “Behaviour is now calm and purposeful.”
- “Positive relationships permeate the school.”
To improve
- “However, poor attendance amongst some pupil groups remains a challenge that leaders are working to overcome.”
- “Some pupils lack the foundational knowledge and skills they need to access this ambitious curriculum.”
- “While there have been improvements to pupils' achievement in other subjects, sometimes significant ones, this is not consistently the case.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 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) | 50% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.6 | 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: 202 first-preference applications, 207 offers in total, 202 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.
- Sandhill View Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Venerable Bede Church of England Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Aidan's Catholic Academy 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Thornhill Academy 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Southmoor Academy 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Kepier 2.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle View Enterprise Academy 3.2 mi Good Last distance published