Christ's College
All-through schoolChrist's College is a all-through school in Sunderland, for pupils aged 4 to 18. It had 796 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), October 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 17 October 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 63% of pupils at Christ's College met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Sunderland and 62% in England.
8% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Christ's College was 40.8, against 43.6 in Sunderland and 46.2 in England.
41.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Sunderland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Sunderland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 40.8 | 43.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41.2% | 44.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56.5% | 63.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 85 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Academy 360All-through. Good (overall), May 2022. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)440 m
- Broadway Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 55% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)540 m
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, SunderlandPrimary. Graded inspection, September 2024: no overall grade. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- Pennywell Early Years CentreNursery. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade550 m
- St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
- Sandhill View AcademySecondary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 41.1 (2025/26, provisional)1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sunderland
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).