Academy 360
Portsmouth Road, Sunderland, SR4 9BA
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Denise Taylor
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- The Laidlaw Schools Trust
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,170
- Pupils on roll
- 854
- URN
- 145477
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01913006506
About this school
Academy 360 is an all-through academy in Sunderland. It teaches children aged 4 to 16 and has 854 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Academy 360, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 62 | 48 | 36 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 33% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 52% | 42% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 42% | 56% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 47% | 58% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 99.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 116 | 126 | 101 |
| Attainment 8 score | 33.3 | 29.0 | 31.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.82 -1.08 to -0.56 | -1.31 -1.56 to -1.06 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 13% | 14.3% | 18.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 39% | 29.4% | 33.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 13% | 18.3% | 11.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 |
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 Academy 360 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 | 36% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 33% | 63.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 63% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | Sunderland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33.3 | 37.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 29 | 38.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 31.7 | 38.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 893 |
| 2023/24 | 901 |
| 2024/25 | 872 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Academy 360 compares
Academy 360 ranked 18th of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 31.7 | 11.4% | 64.5% | 854 | — |
| Christ's College | 43.2 | 7.4% | 33% | 796 | 0.3 miles |
| Kings Priory School | 57.1 | 4.6% | 10.7% | 1,549 | 8.4 miles |
| Excelsior Academy | 33.4 | 10.3% | 72.7% | 1,339 | 11.2 miles |
| Pennywell Early Years Centre | — | — | 0% | 147 | 0.1 miles |
| St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | — | 4.9% | 32.6% | 238 | 0.2 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 64.45%
- English as an additional language
- 2.2%
- Overall absence
- 11.36%
- Persistent absence
- 37.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Christ's College0.3 miles
All-through · Sunderland
-
Kings Priory School8.4 miles
All-through · North Shields
-
Excelsior Academy11.2 miles
All-through · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Pennywell Early Years Centre0.1 miles
Nursery · Sunderland
-
St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Sunderland
Other schools in Sunderland
Academy 360 ranks 33rd of the 43 ranked primary schools in Sunderland, and Academy 360 ranks 13th of the 13 ranked secondary schools in Sunderland.
- Christ's College All-through
- Hylton Red House Nursery School Nursery
- Mill Hill Nursery School Nursery
- Pennywell Early Years Centre Nursery
- Barnes Infant Academy Primary
- Barnes Junior School Primary
- Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy Primary
- Bexhill Academy Primary
- Broadway Junior School Primary
- Castletown Primary School Primary
- Cleadon Church of England Academy Primary
- Dame Dorothy Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Academy 360 teach?
- Academy 360 teaches children aged 4 to 16. It is an all-through school in Sunderland.
- Who is the headteacher of Academy 360?
- The headteacher of Academy 360 is Mrs Denise Taylor, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Academy 360 been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Academy 360, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Academy 360?
- Academy 360 has 854 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 16.
- Is Academy 360 full?
- Academy 360 has capacity for 1,170 pupils and 854 on roll (73%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Academy 360 a faith school?
- No. Academy 360 has no designated religious character.
- Is Academy 360 a selective school?
- No. Academy 360 is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Academy 360 part of an academy trust?
- Academy 360 is part of THE LAIDLAW SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Academy 360 have?
- The schools register lists Academy 360's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Academy 360's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Academy 360 compare with other schools in Sunderland?
- Academy 360 ranked 18th of 18 secondary schools in Sunderland for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 23% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Academy 360's absence rate?
- Academy 360's overall absence rate is 11.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Academy 360's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Academy 360'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 10 July 2026.