UK Schools
St Aidan's Catholic Academy
St Aidan's Catholic Academy is a boys' secondary academy in Sunderland, Sunderland City Council, teaching 1,057 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Outstanding at its most recent inspection in February 2025. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 51.2 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Aidan's Catholic Academy.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Aidan's Catholic Academy.
- 1–30 Autumn Term
- 1 Inset Day
- 1–31 Autumn Term
- 24 Inset Day
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 1–30 Autumn Term
- 1–19 Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5–31 Spring Term
- 1–28 Spring Term
- 23–27 Spring Half Term
- 1–31 Spring Term
- 1–2 Spring Term
- 3–17 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 20–30 Summer Term
- 1–31 Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term
- 1–17 Summer Term
- 3 Inset Day
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Autumn Term Sep 1, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
- Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 - Apr 2, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 23, 2026 - Feb 27, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Apr 20, 2026 - Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Half Term May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Apr 3, 2026 - Apr 17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Holiday Jul 18, 2026 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
- Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Oct 24, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Jul 3, 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Aidan's Catholic Academy with Sunderland City Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 51.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Sunderland City Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 33.02 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Sunderland City Council England
Attendance 18.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Sunderland City Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 92% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Sunderland City Council England
What students do after 16 to 18 study 93% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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 St Aidan's Catholic 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 St Aidan's Catholic 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.