Sunderland local authority saw pupils achieve an average GCSE Attainment 8 score of 43.6, which is below the England school average score of 46.2.
Attainment 8 looks at how pupils have performed in up to 8 Government stipulated GCSE subjects including the core subjects of maths and English, English Baccalaureate subjects - the sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages - and three DfE approved subjects which may be specific to that school.
Each GCSE grade is given a value between one to nine with maths and English given double weighting to reflect the significance of these core subjects. A school’s Attainment 8 score is the average total achieved by pupils in that year’s GCSE cohort of students.
Progress 8 scores are normally viewed as the most important attainment benchmark on which a secondary school’s performance is judged as it looks at how much progress teachers have made with pupils since joining them in Year 7, rather than just raw outcomes.
Progress 8 scores could not be calculated for this year’s 2026 cohort of students as, due to Covid, this group of pupils did not sit their Year 6 tests which are used to track GCSE progress against.
Check out the average Attainment 8 scores for the city’s secondary schools.
Special schools have not been included in this list.
9. Farringdon Community Academy
Farringdon Community Academy achieved an Attainment 8 score of 46.2 which is above the Local authority average of 43.6 and the same as the national average of 46.2. | sn
10. St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Washington
St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College achieved an Attainment 8 score of 44.8 which is above the Local authority average of 43.6 and below the national average of 46.2. | se
11. Venerable Bede Church of England Academy
Venerable Bede Church of England Academy achieved an Attainment 8 score of 43.1 which is below the Local authority average of 43.6 and the national average of 46.2. | National World
12. Castle View Enterprise Academy
Castle View Enterprise Academy achieved an Attainment 8 score of 43.1 which is below the Local authority average of 43.6 and the national average of 46.2. | National World