Other independent special school

Ashbrooke School

Mixed · ages 5–19Sunderland, North East SR2 7JA
Pupils on roll
126of 126 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
14
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Ashbrooke School’s Year 11 leavers went next, so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

Ashbrooke School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 0.8, 0% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Sunderland and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

MeasureAshbrooke SchoolSunderlandEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)0.843.346.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%42%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%61%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%41%41%
EBacc average point score0.073.814.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort36%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils33.134.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language6%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language321%89%20%
Combined Science214%65%9%

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74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2

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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.