UK Schools
Monkwearmouth Academy
Monkwearmouth Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Sunderland, Sunderland City Council, teaching 810 pupils aged 11 to 19. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in November 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 45.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 8 September 2025 to 9 September 2025.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Monkwearmouth Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Monkwearmouth Academy.
- 1–4 Staff Training Days
- 5 Staff Training Day
- 8 Start of Term (Year 11 & Year 7 only)
- 9 Autumn Term Starts (All Students)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 23–27 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 28 Staff Training Day
- 6 Bank Holiday (Easter Monday)
- 7–17 Easter Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Spring Bank Holiday / Half Term
- 24 Staff Training Day
- 27–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Days Sep 1-4, 2025 Inset Day
- Staff Training Day Sep 5, 2025 Inset Day
- Start of Term (Year 11 & Year 7 only) Sep 8, 2025 Term
- Autumn Term Starts (All Students) Sep 9, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 23-27, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day Mar 28, 2026 Inset Day
- Bank Holiday (Easter Monday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Apr 7-17, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday / Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day Jul 24, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 27 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Monkwearmouth Academy with Sunderland City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 45.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Sunderland City Council England
Attendance 29.2% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Sunderland City Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 87% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Sunderland City Council England
About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Monkwearmouth Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Monkwearmouth Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.