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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 18 December 2024Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 24 September 2013Graded inspection: Good · as St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, URN 108840
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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 entry109 applications · 60 places offered · 71 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2025 1.8; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2024 2.0; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2023 2.1; Sunderland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.9; Sunderland median median 1.6
- 2021 2.0; Sunderland median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2020 2.0; Sunderland median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2019 2.5; Sunderland median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 2.4; Sunderland median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 2.8; Sunderland median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 2.5; Sunderland median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2015 2.6; Sunderland median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.5; Sunderland median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Sunderland median
Dashed bars: as St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 108840), 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 | 60 | 109 | 1.8 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 103 | 1.8 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 118 | 2.0 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 127 | 2.1 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2022 | 59 | 111 | 1.9 | 57 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 * | 60 | 120 | 2.0 | 76 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2020 * | 60 | 122 | 2.0 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 * | 60 | 151 | 2.5 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2018 * | 59 | 140 | 2.4 | 59 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 59 | 162 | 2.8 | 69 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 150 | 2.5 | 77 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2015 * | 59 | 152 | 2.6 | 80 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 148 | 2.5 | 76 | 1.27 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 95% · Writing 95% · Maths 97% → all three 95% 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 | 95% | 31% | 110 | 113 |
| 2023/24 | 90% | 23% | 110 | 110 |
| 2022/23 | 87% | 15% | 109 | 107 |
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
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, SunderlandThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20241.8applications per place 95%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · SunderlandRemains Good20231.2applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Sunderland20261.8applications per place
- 0.9 km · SunderlandRemains Good202338%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · SunderlandStandards maintained20241.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · SunderlandStandards maintained202581%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · SunderlandGood20221.3applications per place
- 1.6 km · SunderlandRemains Good202268%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · SunderlandImproved significantly20252.3applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148781 · 394/3306
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 472 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2022
- Replaced
- St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (URN 108840)
- Address
- Meadowside, Sunderland, SR2 7QN
- Local authority
- Sunderland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources