North East
Independent schools in Sunderland
114 schools, 40,353 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 41.9.
Ofsted across Sunderland
Good59
Outstanding9
Requires improvement1
No overall grade45
69 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 45 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Independent schools in Sunderland
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle House SchoolOther independent school | Sunderland | No grade | — |
| Hopespring SunderlandOther independent school | Sunderland | No grade | — |