Farringdon Community Academy
Allendale Road, Sunderland, SR3 3EL
This school is closed (it closed in August 2023).
It was replaced by Farringdon Community Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Jordan Bedford
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 666
- URN
- 139852
- Local authority
- Sunderland
About this school
Farringdon Community Academy was a secondary academy in Sunderland. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 666 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Farringdon Community Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in July 2013, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 145 |
| Attainment 8 score | 37.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.17 -1.41 to -0.94 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 28% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 |
How Farringdon Community Academy compares
Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 11.9% | 41.7% | 666 | — |
| Farringdon Community Academy | 44.6 | 11.6% | 45.2% | 712 | 0.0 miles |
| Sandhill View Academy | 38.6 | 10.8% | 51.1% | 743 | 1.0 miles |
| Venerable Bede Church of England Academy | 44.1 | 12.7% | 32.3% | 738 | 1.5 miles |
| St Aidan's Catholic Academy | 51.2 | 6.1% | 19.5% | 1,057 | 2.1 miles |
| Thornhill Academy | 41.4 | 12.2% | 46.1% | 526 | 2.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.7%
- English as an additional language
- 0.6%
- Overall absence
- 11.9%
- Persistent absence
- 38.1%
Location
Nearby schools
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Farringdon Community Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Sunderland
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Sandhill View Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Sunderland
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Venerable Bede Church of England Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Sunderland
-
St Aidan's Catholic Academy2.1 miles
Secondary · Sunderland
-
Thornhill Academy2.2 miles
Secondary · Sunderland
Other schools in Sunderland
- Castle View Enterprise Academy Secondary
- Farringdon Community Academy Secondary
- Monkwearmouth Academy Secondary
- Red House Academy Secondary
- Sandhill View Academy Secondary
- Southmoor Academy Secondary
- St Aidan's Catholic Academy Secondary
- St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy Secondary
- Thornhill Academy Secondary
- Venerable Bede Church of England Academy Secondary
- Whitburn Church of England Academy Secondary
- Hylton Red House Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does Farringdon Community Academy teach?
- Farringdon Community Academy taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Sunderland.
- Has Farringdon Community Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Farringdon Community Academy under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Farringdon Community Academy?
- Farringdon Community Academy had 666 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- What are Farringdon Community Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Farringdon Community Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 13 September 2023.