Graded inspection · Jun 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Sunderland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry146 applications · 115 places offered · 110 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2024 1.3; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2023 1.5; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2021 1.3; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2020 1.6; Sunderland median median 2.1
- 2019 1.6; Sunderland median median 2.0
- 2018 1.6; 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 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Sunderland median
Dashed bars: as Hill View Infant School (URN 108771), 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 | 115 | 146 | 1.3 | 110 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 118 | 163 | 1.4 | 116 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 109 | 142 | 1.3 | 101 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 | 120 | 178 | 1.5 | 130 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2022 | 111 | 156 | 1.4 | 110 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 111 | 146 | 1.3 | 104 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 112 | 181 | 1.6 | 104 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 94 | 154 | 1.6 | 90 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 120 | 195 | 1.6 | 119 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 119 | 190 | 1.6 | 118 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 * | 118 | 214 | 1.8 | 118 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 106 | 179 | 1.7 | 111 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2014 * | 106 | 171 | 1.6 | 112 | 1.06 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hill View Infant AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.3applications per place
- 0.4 km · SunderlandStandards maintained202581%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · SunderlandRemains Good20221.2applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · SunderlandImproved significantly20241.8applications per place 95%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · SunderlandGood20221.6applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · SunderlandRemains Good · improving20241.4applications per place
- 1.5 km · SunderlandRemains Good202451%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Sunderland202667%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · SunderlandRemains Good20221.3applications 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
- 144222 · 394/2039
- Trust
- Vision Learning Trust Limited
- Capacity
- 360 pupils · 439 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2017
- Replaced
- Hill View Infant School (URN 108771)
- Address
- Helvellyn Road, Sunderland, SR2 9JJ
- Local authority
- Sunderland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources