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Burnside Academy Inspires

3–11Ages
174Pupils
PrimaryPhase
142996URN

Burnside Estate, Houghton le Spring, DH4 5HB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodSep 2014

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

0.6 above Sunderland median (1.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

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46 applications for 22 places · 9th of 73 in Sunderland

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

57%met the expected standard

Sunderland 68% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodSep 2014

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Oct 2024

Inspection history

22 October 2024
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
16 September 2014
Graded inspection: Good · as Burnside Primary School, URN 108823

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

2.1applications per place, Reception

0.6 above Sunderland median (1.5) close to England median (2.2)

46 applications · 22 places offered · 21 named it first

2026 2.1; Sunderland median median 1.5
2025 1.9; Sunderland median median 1.6
2024 2.1; Sunderland median median 1.6
2023 1.3; Sunderland median median 1.5
2022 2.5; Sunderland median median 1.6
2021 2.5; Sunderland median median 1.6
2020 2.7; Sunderland median median 2.1
2019 2.5; Sunderland median median 2.0
2018 3.9; Sunderland median median 2.0
2017 3.4; Sunderland median median 2.0
2016 2.4; Sunderland median median 2.1; as the previous school
2015 3.5; Sunderland median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 2.6; Sunderland median median 1.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Sunderland median in 9 of 10 years.

This school
Sunderland median

Dashed bars: as Burnside Primary School (URN 108823), 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	22	46	2.1	21	0.95
Sep 2025	22	42	1.9	19	0.86
Sep 2024	22	46	2.1	22	1.00
Sep 2023	25	33	1.3	16	0.64
Sep 2022	8	20	2.5	8	1.00
Sep 2021	13	33	2.5	13	1.00
Sep 2020	22	59	2.7	16	0.73
Sep 2019	24	60	2.5	22	0.92
Sep 2018	12	47	3.9	12	1.00
Sep 2017	16	54	3.4	16	1.00
Sep 2016 *	17	41	2.4	12	0.71
Sep 2015 *	15	52	3.5	15	1.00
Sep 2014 *	17	44	2.6	17	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 64% · Writing 57% · Maths 57% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard57%57th of 73 in Sunderland

Sunderland 68% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard64%

Sunderland 78% England 78%

Higher standard36%

Sunderland 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard57%

Sunderland 76% England 75%

Greater depth14%

Sunderland 16% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard57%

Sunderland 81% England 77%

Higher standard14%

Sunderland 25% England 24%

Average scaled score 97 (100 = expected standard)

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Sunderland median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	57%	0%	103	97
2023/24	56%	0%	101	101
2022/23	70%	9%	108	102

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

Burnside Academy InspiresThis school
This school

Standards maintained2024

2.1applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Newbottle Primary Academy
0.8 km · Sunderland

2026

1.6applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Bernard Gilpin Primary School
1.1 km · Sunderland

Outstanding2022

1.8applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton
1.2 km · Sunderland

2026

1.6applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Dubmire Primary
1.3 km · Sunderland

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Gillas Lane Primary Academy
1.7 km · Sunderland

Remains Good2024

1.7applications per place 15%met the SATs standard
Woodlea Primary School
2.2 km · County Durham

Remains Good2024

2.1applications per place
Shiney Row Primary School
2.4 km · Sunderland

Remains Good2022

1.3applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Eppleton Academy Primary School
2.4 km · Sunderland

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.3applications per place 62%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 142996 · 394/2168
Trust: Inspire Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 236 pupils · 174 on roll
Free school meals: 44.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 July 2016
Replaced: Burnside Primary School (URN 108823)
Address: Burnside Estate, Houghton le Spring, DH4 5HB
Local authority: Sunderland

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