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Grindon Infant School

  • 2–7Ages
  • 163Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 108766URN

Gleneagles Road, Sunderland, SR4 9QN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.2per place
0.3 below Sunderland median (1.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Sunderland

53 applications for 43 places · 64th of 73 in Sunderland

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 19 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 17 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.2applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Sunderland median (1.5) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

53 applications · 43 places offered · 42 named it first

  1. 2026 1.2; Sunderland median median 1.5
  2. 2025 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.6
  3. 2024 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.6
  4. 2023 1.5; Sunderland median median 1.5
  5. 2022 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.6
  6. 2021 1.5; Sunderland median median 1.6
  7. 2020 2.5; Sunderland median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.9; Sunderland median median 2.0
  9. 2018 1.9; Sunderland median median 2.0
  10. 2017 2.2; Sunderland median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.6; Sunderland median median 2.1
  12. 2015 2.1; Sunderland median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.8
  • This school
  • Sunderland median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202643531.2420.98
Sep 202535571.6340.97
Sep 202435631.8340.97
Sep 202352771.5500.96
Sep 202246641.4440.96
Sep 202148741.5440.92
Sep 2020451132.5430.96
Sep 2019541001.9500.93
Sep 201852991.9470.90
Sep 201729652.2280.97
Sep 201629752.6260.90
Sep 201532662.1270.84
Sep 201449781.6400.82

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
108766 · 394/2026
Capacity
232 pupils · 163 on roll
Free school meals
41.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Gleneagles Road, Sunderland, SR4 9QN
Local authority
Sunderland

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources