Sandhill View Academy
Grindon Lane, Thorney Close, Sunderland, SR3 4EN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ASPIRE NORTH EAST MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jill Dodd
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Aspire North East Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 750
- Pupils on roll
- 743
- URN
- 141986
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Telephone
- 01915949992
About this school
Sandhill View Academy is a secondary academy in Sunderland. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 743 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 149 | 137 | 144 |
| Attainment 8 score | 38.5 | 40.6 | 38.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.73 -0.96 to -0.50 | -0.08 -0.33 to +0.17 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 49.6% | 48.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 48% | 62.8% | 59.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 26% | 16.8% | 11.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Sandhill View Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Sunderland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.5 | 37.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.6 | 38.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.6 | 38.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 733 |
| 2023/24 | 750 |
| 2024/25 | 760 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sandhill View Academy compares
Sandhill View Academy ranked 16th of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.6 | 10.8% | 51.1% | 743 | — |
| Farringdon Community Academy | 44.6 | 11.6% | 45.2% | 712 | 1.0 miles |
| Thornhill Academy | 41.4 | 12.2% | 46.1% | 526 | 1.6 miles |
| St Aidan's Catholic Academy | 51.2 | 6.1% | 19.5% | 1,057 | 1.7 miles |
| St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy | 50.7 | 6.8% | 21.1% | 1,297 | 1.7 miles |
| Venerable Bede Church of England Academy | 44.1 | 12.7% | 32.3% | 738 | 1.9 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report18 November 2025
- 28 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 51.05%
- English as an additional language
- 4.2%
- Overall absence
- 10.79%
- Persistent absence
- 29.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Farringdon Community Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Sunderland
-
Thornhill Academy1.6 miles
Secondary · Sunderland
-
St Aidan's Catholic Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Sunderland
-
St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Sunderland
-
Venerable Bede Church of England Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Sunderland
Other schools in Sunderland
Sandhill View Academy ranks 12th of the 13 ranked secondary schools in Sunderland.
- Castle View Enterprise Academy Secondary
- Farringdon Community Academy Secondary
- Monkwearmouth Academy Secondary
- Red House 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
- Mill Hill Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does Sandhill View Academy teach?
- Sandhill View Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Sunderland.
- Who is the headteacher of Sandhill View Academy?
- The headteacher of Sandhill View Academy is Mrs Jill Dodd, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sandhill View Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sandhill View Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Sandhill View Academy?
- Sandhill View Academy has 743 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Sandhill View Academy full?
- Sandhill View Academy has capacity for 750 pupils and 743 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sandhill View Academy a faith school?
- No. Sandhill View Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Sandhill View Academy?
- Sandhill View Academy is part of ASPIRE NORTH EAST MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Sandhill View Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 38.5 in 2022/23 and 38.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sandhill View Academy rank locally?
- Sandhill View Academy ranked 16th of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sandhill View Academy's absence rate?
- Sandhill View Academy's overall absence rate is 10.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sandhill View Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sandhill View 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 2 July 2026.