Whitburn Church of England Academy is a

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and

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located in Whitburn,

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. Its motto is "Excellence for all". The academy was known as Whitburn Comprehensive School before moving and receiving major upgrades funded by the

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. It has specialist status in maths and computing and is a national

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Sixth form

The academy has had plans to open a

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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

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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.

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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-

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trust status. It later joined the PBTSA and

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and Whitburn Church of England Academy were selected by the

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(NCTL) to play a leading role in

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References

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