Religion Church Of England Gender Mixed Phone +44 191 529 3712 Motto Excellence for all | Students Comprehensive Ages 11–18 Principal Alan Hardie | |
Location Rackley WayWhitburnTyne And WearSR6 7EFEngland Houses Lindisfarne, Tynemouth, Durham, Bambrugh Address Rackly Way, Whitburn, Sunderland SR6 7EF, UK Similar St Wilfrid's RC College, Harton Technolo College, South Tyneside Council, Mortimer Primary School, Cleadon Church of England Profiles | ||
Whitburn Church of England Academy is a secondary school in Whitburn, South Tyneside. Its motto is "Excellence for all".
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The academy was known as Whitburn Church of England school but has now received academy status, renamed Whitburn Church of England Academy (Formally Whitburn Secondary School before moving and receiving major upgrades funded by the Church of England. It has specialist status in maths and computing and is a national teaching school.
Sixth form
The academy has had plans to open a sixth form college for many years. Building work started in January 2015 and the building opened in September of the same year.
Academic performance
The school performs well above the local authority average has held the best GCSE and AS/A level scores in South Tyneside. As of 2015, the school is listed as the second highest in Tyne and Wear
At GCSE in 2010, the school came first in the local authority area, above the England average. The school repeated the success in 2014. Ofsted has rated the school as outstanding
In 2016, 86% of pupils gained a grade C or above at GCSE level in English and Maths.
Multi Academy Trust
In October 2016, Whitburn expressed an interest in transitioning from single to multi-academy trust status.