State-fundedAcademy converter · Sunderland · NE38 0LN
Secondary (no sixth form) · ages 11–16
Oxclose Community Academy is a state-funded school in Sunderland, teaching pupils aged 11 to 16.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress 8 | -0.3723rd percentile | -0.0249th percentile | -0.5015th percentile | -0.3026th percentile |
| Attainment 8 | 40.932nd percentile | 45.952nd percentile | 45.741st percentile | 44.242nd percentile |
Progress 8 for 2023–24 was -0.37 — below average, the 23rd percentile nationally. On average pupils left with grades about 0.37 of a grade per subject lower than pupils across England who had the same results at the end of primary school.
The 95% confidence interval for 2023–24 runs -0.56 to -0.19. That sits entirely below zero, so the below-average result is very unlikely to be chance. It has moved around a good deal across the years shown, from -0.50 to -0.02. The three-year average is the steadier number to judge it on.
Attainment 8 is the average grade pupils leave with across eight GCSEs; it tells you where they ended up, and tracks the intake a school admits as much as anything the school does. Progress 8 compares those grades with pupils nationally who had the same results at the end of primary school, so it is the better measure of what a school added.
| Grade 5+ in English & Maths | 31%27th percentile |
|---|---|
| EBacc average point score | 3.3928th percentile |
A school can post a respectable overall score while coasting one group and carrying the average on another. The row that matters to you is the one your own child sits in.
| 2023–24 | 2022–23 | 2021–22 | 3-year average | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower starters | -0.09 | +0.11 | -0.21 | -0.06 |
| Middle starters | -0.46 | +0.00 | -0.51 | -0.32 |
| Higher starters | -0.48 | -0.21 | -0.75 | -0.48 |
158 families named this school first for 168 places for 2026 entry — 0.94 first preferences per place.
| 2026 entry | 2025 entry | 2024 entry | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per place | 0.94× | 0.94× | 0.99× |
This is how sought-after a school is, not how good it is — demand tracks house prices and older siblings as much as anything a school does. It is also not your chance of getting in: a school with two applicants per place can still admit everyone living near it, while a less popular school a mile further away turns you down. Distance is usually what decides it, and that depends on your address.
| Overall absence | 10.2%27th percentile |
|---|---|
| Persistently absent pupils | 31.8%23rd percentile |
Absence is worth reading next to results: it is a plainer signal of whether pupils are turning up and engaged than any grade average. Across the schools in this dataset the overall absence rate averages 9.0%, so this school is above the norm.
School remains Good
The outcome of an ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school's previous grade still holds rather than issuing a new one.
The GCSE results here are for 2023–24 and earlier, which describes pupils who have already left. Nothing on this page covers where pupils go next, A-level or sixth-form results, pastoral care, how far a school pushes music, sport or drama, or how it feels to walk around — and those are the things parents most often say settled it. Visit at an open evening before you rank a school.
Nor is any of it a prediction of a place. Whether your child is offered one depends on the school's admission criteria and, most often, on how far you live from the gate.
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