St Aidan's Catholic Academy
Roman Catholic secondary academy for boys aged 11 to 18 on Willowbank Road in Ashbrooke, with a sixth form, part of the Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust.
About St Aidan's Catholic Academy
St Aidan's Catholic Academy is a Roman Catholic secondary school for boys on Willowbank Road in Ashbrooke. It takes boys from 11 to 18, has a sixth form and has around 1,050 pupils on roll, according to the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register.
It is part of the Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust alongside St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy, its sister school nearby on Thornhill Terrace. Admissions policies, sixth form courses and contact details are published on the school's website, and Year 7 places are applied for through Sunderland City Council's coordinated admissions process.
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