Bernard Gilpin Primary School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
A85
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Houghton le Spring, DH5 8DA
- Distance
- 0.6km away
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton
Durham Road, Houghton le Spring, DH5 8NF
Local ranking46th of 80 primary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: Strong
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 23 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 87.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 97.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 97.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 111.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 110.0
- Cohort Size
- 30
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 200
- Boys
- 99 (51%)
- Girls
- 94 (49%)
- Capacity
- 210 (92% full)
- SEND
- 11.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.0%
- EAL
- 5.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.0%
- SEN Support
- 10.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 25.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,985/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 6.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 87.0%
- Black African: 4.5%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Asian Other: 1.5%
- White Irish: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
87.0%
White British
4.5%
Black African
2.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Durham Road
Houghton le Spring, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 147131
- UKPRN
- 10083683
- Establishment No.
- 3323
- Trust
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
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