St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton
Ofsted: Strong
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Houghton le Spring, DH5 8NF
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Bernard Gilpin Primary School
Hall Lane, Houghton le Spring, DH5 8DA
Local ranking1st of 80 primary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
400
Capacity
5-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 21 September 2022.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 87.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 28.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 92.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 92.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 112.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 422
- Boys
- 229 (55%)
- Girls
- 188 (45%)
- Capacity
- 400 (104% full)
- SEND
- 16.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.5%
- EAL
- 2.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 15.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,545/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 5.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.3%
- White Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.4%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%
93.3%
White British
1.9%
White Other
1.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hall Lane
Houghton le Spring, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 108830
- UKPRN
- 10078368
- Establishment No.
- 2176
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