Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Sunderland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 9 June 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 5 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry87 applications · 55 places offered · 43 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2024 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2021 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2020 2.3; Sunderland median median 2.1
- 2019 1.8; Sunderland median median 2.0
- 2018 1.8; Sunderland median median 2.0
- 2017 1.9; Sunderland median median 2.0
- 2016 1.6; Sunderland median median 2.1
- 2015 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2014 1.9; Sunderland median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Sunderland median
Dashed bars: as Newbottle Primary School (URN 108801), the previous school.
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 55 | 87 | 1.6 | 43 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 100 | 1.7 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 55 | 93 | 1.7 | 51 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 49 | 82 | 1.7 | 41 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 94 | 1.6 | 64 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 58 | 103 | 1.8 | 56 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2020 | 59 | 133 | 2.3 | 71 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 108 | 1.8 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2018 | 51 | 91 | 1.8 | 50 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 114 | 1.9 | 73 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 93 | 1.6 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 105 | 1.8 | 61 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 * | 48 | 93 | 1.9 | 48 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 80% · Writing 73% · Maths 81% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Sunderland median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 68% | 5% | 105 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 10% | 106 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 67% | 9% | 105 | 105 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Newbottle Primary AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.6applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · SunderlandStandards maintained20242.1applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · SunderlandOutstanding20221.8applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · SunderlandRemains Good20221.3applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · SunderlandGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · Sunderland20261.6applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · SunderlandRemains Good20241.7applications per place 15%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · SunderlandOutstanding20232.7applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · County DurhamRemains Good20242.1applications per place
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140584 · 394/2118
- Trust
- Aim High Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 437 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2014
- Replaced
- Newbottle Primary School (URN 108801)
- Address
- Houghton Road, Newbottle, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4EE
- Local authority
- Sunderland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources