St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B72
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Washington, NE38 0HL
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Blackfell Primary School
Knoulberry, Blackfell, Washington, NE37 1HA
Local ranking29th of 80 primary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
246
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 3 February 2026.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Needs attention
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 80.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 15.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 95.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 107.0
- Cohort Size
- 20
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 147
- Boys
- 67 (47%)
- Girls
- 75 (53%)
- Capacity
- 246 (58% full)
- SEND
- 20.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 35.3%
- EAL
- 3.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 19.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,746/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.0%
- White Other: 1.4%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.7%
- Asian Chinese: 0.7%
92.5%
White British
2.0%
Mixed White & Black African
1.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 108833
- UKPRN
- 10068926
- Establishment No.
- 2179
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