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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 10 July 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
- 11 June 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry53 applications · 37 places offered · 33 named it first
- 2026 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2024 1.2; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.2; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2021 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2020 1.6; Sunderland median median 2.1
- 2019 1.9; Sunderland median median 2.0
- 2018 1.9; Sunderland median median 2.0
- 2017 1.6; Sunderland median median 2.0
- 2016 1.8; Sunderland median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 1.5; Sunderland median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Sunderland median
Dashed bars: as New Silksworth Infant School (URN 108790), 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 | 37 | 53 | 1.4 | 33 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 58 | 71 | 1.2 | 56 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2023 | 43 | 52 | 1.2 | 38 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2022 | 39 | 61 | 1.6 | 39 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 45 | 64 | 1.4 | 42 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2020 | 54 | 87 | 1.6 | 47 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2019 | 38 | 73 | 1.9 | 37 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 49 | 77 | 1.6 | 49 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 31 | 56 | 1.8 | 31 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 61 | 93 | 1.5 | 59 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 * | 38 | 64 | 1.7 | 37 | 0.97 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- New Silksworth Academy InfantThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good · improving20241.4applications per place
- 0.0 km · SunderlandRemains Good202451%met the SATs standard
- 0.1 km · SunderlandGood20221.6applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · SunderlandRemains Good20242.3applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · SunderlandGood20221.3applications per place
- 1.7 km · SunderlandStandards maintained20241.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · Sunderland20261.1applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Sunderland202667%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · SunderlandRemains Good20221.3applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 143414 · 394/2008
- Trust
- Extol Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 215 on roll
- Free school meals
- 28.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2016
- Replaced
- New Silksworth Infant School (URN 108790)
- Address
- Blind Lane, New Silksworth, Sunderland, SR3 1AS
- Local authority
- Sunderland
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