Report card · inspected May 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
- 12 May 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 9 June 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 entry120 applications · 66 places offered · 65 named it first
- 2026 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2024 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2021 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2020 2.4; Sunderland median median 2.1
- 2019 2.4; Sunderland median median 2.0
- 2018 2.0; Sunderland median median 2.0
- 2017 2.2; Sunderland median median 2.0
- 2016 2.1; Sunderland median median 2.1
- 2015 2.0; Sunderland median median 1.9
- 2014 2.0; Sunderland median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Sunderland median
Dashed bars: as Barnes Infant School (URN 108756), 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 | 66 | 120 | 1.8 | 65 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 82 | 142 | 1.7 | 81 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 73 | 132 | 1.8 | 71 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 91 | 146 | 1.6 | 82 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 | 71 | 130 | 1.8 | 70 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 89 | 141 | 1.6 | 90 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 85 | 206 | 2.4 | 82 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 | 74 | 174 | 2.4 | 71 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 90 | 183 | 2.0 | 91 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2017 | 73 | 159 | 2.2 | 70 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 88 | 181 | 2.1 | 80 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 | 72 | 145 | 2.0 | 63 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 * | 89 | 176 | 2.0 | 78 | 0.88 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Barnes Infant AcademyThis schoolThis school20261.8applications per place
- 0.1 km · SunderlandRemains Good202338%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · SunderlandRemains Good20231.2applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · SunderlandImproved significantly20241.8applications per place 95%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · SunderlandStandards maintained20241.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · SunderlandRemains Good202268%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · SunderlandGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place
- 1.2 km · SunderlandImproved significantly20252.3applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SunderlandRemains Good202355%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 141045 · 394/2003
- Trust
- Vision Learning Trust Limited
- Capacity
- 360 pupils · 311 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2014
- Replaced
- Barnes Infant School (URN 108756)
- Address
- Mount Road, Barnes, Sunderland, SR4 7QF
- Local authority
- Sunderland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources