Barnwell Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B80
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Houghton le Spring, DH4 7RT
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw
Station Road, Penshaw, Houghton le Spring, DH4 7JZ
Local ranking50th of 80 primary schools in Sunderland
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
353
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 8 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 67.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 6.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 48
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 308
- Boys
- 155 (50%)
- Girls
- 153 (50%)
- Capacity
- 353 (87% full)
- SEND
- 11.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.7%
- EAL
- 2.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.3%
- SEN Support
- 10.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,491/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.8% 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
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 92.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- White Other: 1.6%
- Asian Other: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.3%
- Asian Chinese: 0.3%
- Black African: 0.3%
92.9%
White British
2.6%
Mixed Other
1.6%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Station Road
Houghton le Spring, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 147139
- UKPRN
- 10083668
- Establishment No.
- 3327
- Trust
- BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
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