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Academy 360
All-through · Mixed · Ages 4–16 · Sponsored academy
Portsmouth Road, Sunderland SR4 9BA · academy360.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk · 0191 300 6506
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 31.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Sunderland 43.3, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 854
- 73% of 1,170 places
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 63.3%
- First language not English
- 2.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 104 families put the school first and 116 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 | 116 | 104 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 94 | 86 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 109 | 106 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 111 | 134 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 106 | 103 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 31.7, and 18.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Sunderland it was 43.3, and across England 46.
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Sunderland it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 135622)
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼31.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼18.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼33.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼11.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.54 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 135622)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Further education | 75.4 | +6.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.2 | +0.3 |
| Employment | 0.8 | −1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 16.7 | +1.2 |
| Activity not captured | 4 | −3.8 |
Ofsted
Academy 360 was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 May 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 10 May 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 135622), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 135622)
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 22
- 2% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied