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Red House Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Rutherglen Road, Red House Estate, Sunderland SR5 5LN · rha.northerneducationtrust.org · 0191 511 1930
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Sunderland 43.3, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 432
- 72% of 600 places
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 59.5%
- First language not English
- 6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 60 families put the school first and 62 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 62 | 60 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 91 | 90 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 62 | 56 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 95 | 66 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 104 | 82 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.8, and 51.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sunderland it was 43.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲51.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ●65.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ●41.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.94 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 9.5 | — |
| Further education | 56 | −6.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.6 | −4.4 |
| Employment | 2.4 | +1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 22.6 | +1.3 |
| Activity not captured | 6 | −0.7 |
Ofsted
Red House Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Mar 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
- Sept 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
Jan 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Apr 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 28
- 6% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied