Whitburn Church of England Academy

Whitburn Academy
Motto Excellence for all
Religion Church Of England
Principal Alan Hardie
Location Rackley Way
Whitburn
Tyne And Wear
SR6 7EF
England
Coordinates: 54°56′58″N 1°21′35″W / 54.94958°N 1.35963°W / 54.94958; -1.35963
Houses Lindisfarne, Tynemouth, Durham, Bambrugh
Colours Yellow, Blue, Purple, Red
Website Whitburn Academy

Whitburn Church of England Academy is a secondary school in Whitburn, South Tyneside. Its motto is "Excellence for all".

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.

Sixth form

The academy has had plans to open a sixth form 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[1]

At GCSE in 2010, the school came first in the local authority area, above the England average. The school repeated the success in 2014.[2] Ofsted has rated the school as outstanding

References

  1. Diffley, Jamie. "Real Schools Guide 2015: We reveal the best performing schools on Tyneside". Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  2. [School opening September 2nd 2014: All year 7 pupils and prefects should arrive at school at 8:45. All other pupils should arrive at 10:45. "GCSE results 2014"] Check |url= value (help). 1/09/2014. Retrieved 01/09/2014. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
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