Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Houghton le Spring, DH4 7JZ
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Barnwell Academy
Whitefield Estate, Penshaw, Houghton le Spring, DH4 7RT
Local ranking2nd of 80 primary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 20 June 2023.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 63.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 81.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 32
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 317
- Boys
- 158 (52%)
- Girls
- 144 (48%)
- Capacity
- 210 (144% full)
- SEND
- 15.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.5%
- EAL
- 0.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.9%
- SEN Support
- 14.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 29.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,888/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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
Loading chart
- White British: 96.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- White Other: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Mixed Other: 0.3%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.3%
96.2%
White British
0.9%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
0.9%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Whitefield Estate
Houghton le Spring, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 140700
- UKPRN
- 10045663
- Establishment No.
- 2139
- Trust
- TYNE AND WEAR LEARNING TRUST
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