North East
Primary 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.
Primary schools in Sunderland
Sorted by the share of pupils meeting the expected standard at key stage 2. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benedict Biscop Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | 97% |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, SunderlandAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | 95% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, SunderlandAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | 90% |
| Rickleton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Washington | No grade | 89% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Sunderland | No grade | 88% |
| Bernard Gilpin Primary SchoolCommunity school | Houghton le Spring | Outstanding 2022 | 87% |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School, HoughtonAcademy converter | Houghton le Spring | Good 2022 | 87% |
| Valley Road AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | Good 2022 | 85% |
| St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, SilksworthAcademy converter | Sunderland | Good 2022 | 85% |
| Biddick Primary SchoolCommunity school | Washington | No grade | 83% |
| St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Sunderland | Good 2022 | 83% |
| Highfield AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | Good 2022 | 82% |
| East Herrington Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | Good 2022 | 81% |
| Hill View Junior AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | 81% |
| Seaburn Dene Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2023 | 80% |
| Blackfell Primary SchoolCommunity school | Washington | No grade | 80% |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School, WashingtonAcademy converter | Washington | Good 2024 | 80% |
| Mill Hill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2024 | 79% |
| Fulwell Junior SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Outstanding 2022 | 78% |
| St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Sunderland | Good 2024 | 78% |
| Bexhill AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | Outstanding 2022 | 78% |
| St John Boste Catholic Primary School, WashingtonAcademy converter | Washington | Outstanding 2024 | 77% |
| Castletown Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2022 | 76% |
| Willow Wood Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2023 | 75% |
| Holley Park AcademyAcademy converter | Washington | Good 2024 | 74% |
| Fatfield AcademyAcademy converter | Washington | Good 2024 | 74% |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, SunderlandAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | 74% |
| East Rainton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Houghton le Spring | Good 2023 | 72% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, WashingtonAcademy converter | Washington | Good 2023 | 72% |
| Shiney Row Primary SchoolCommunity school | Houghton le Spring | Good 2022 | 71% |
| Redby AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | Good 2023 | 70% |
| Usworth Colliery Primary SchoolCommunity school | Washington | No grade | 69% |
| South Hylton Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | 69% |
| Hudson Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2023 | 68% |
| Newbottle Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Houghton le Spring | Good 2022 | 68% |
| Diamond Hall Junior AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | Good 2022 | 68% |
| English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, SunderlandAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | 68% |
| Northern Saints Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | 68% |
| Ryhope Junior SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2022 | 67% |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, PenshawAcademy converter | Houghton le Spring | No grade | 67% |
| Springwell Village Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Gateshead | Good 2023 | 66% |
| Plains Farm AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Sunderland | No grade | 65% |
| John F Kennedy Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Washington | No grade | 65% |
| Richard Avenue Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2023 | 64% |
| Grangetown Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2022 | 63% |
| Easington Lane Primary SchoolCommunity school | Houghton le Spring | Good 2023 | 63% |
| Thorney Close Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2023 | 63% |
| Barnwell AcademyAcademy converter | Houghton le Spring | Outstanding 2023 | 63% |
| Dubmire PrimaryAcademy sponsor led | Houghton le Spring | No grade | 63% |
| Eppleton Academy Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Houghton le Spring | No grade | 62% |
| George Washington Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Washington | No grade | 62% |
| Barmston Village Primary SchoolCommunity school | Washington | Good 2023 | 60% |
| Farringdon AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | Good 2022 | 60% |
| Hetton Lyons Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Houghton le Spring | No grade | 60% |
| New Penshaw AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Houghton le Spring | Good 2024 | 58% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, RyhopeAcademy converter | Sunderland | Good 2024 | 58% |
| Albany Village Primary SchoolCommunity school | Washington | Good 2023 | 57% |
| Burnside Academy InspiresAcademy converter | Houghton le Spring | No grade | 57% |
| Broadway Junior SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2023 | 55% |
| Hasting Hill AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Sunderland | Good 2023 | 55% |
| Hetton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Houghton le Spring | Good 2024 | 54% |
| Town End AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | 54% |
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary School, Town End Farm, SunderlandAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | 54% |
| Oxclose Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Washington | Good 2022 | 52% |
| Southwick Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Southwick | Good 2022 | 51% |
| New Silksworth Academy JuniorAcademy sponsor led | Sunderland | Good 2024 | 51% |
| Hylton Castle Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2022 | 43% |
| Grange Park Primary SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2023 | 39% |
| Barnes Junior SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | Good 2023 | 38% |
| Lambton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Washington | Good 2024 | 38% |
| Wessington Primary SchoolCommunity school | Washington | Good 2023 | 23% |
| Marlborough Primary SchoolCommunity school | Washington | No grade | 20% |
| Gillas Lane Primary AcademyAcademy converter | Houghton le Spring | Good 2024 | 15% |
| Grindon Infant SchoolCommunity school | Sunderland | No grade | — |
| Fulwell Infant School AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | — |
| Diamond Hall Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | — |
| Ryhope Infant School AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | Good 2022 | — |
| Barnes Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | No grade | — |
| New Silksworth Academy InfantAcademy sponsor led | Sunderland | Good 2024 | — |
| Hill View Infant AcademyAcademy converter | Sunderland | Good 2022 | — |
| Dame Dorothy Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Sunderland | Good 2022 | — |