Willow Wood Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.879 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Willow Wood Community Primary School is a primary school in Sunderland for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Willow Wood Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 0.879 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 38 first-choice applications for 28 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2025 the last child offered a Reception place lived 0.879 miles away, 13th shortest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance (middle 1.89 miles).
- Free school meals eligibility stands at 55.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 43.4% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sunderland schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Redcar Road, Red House, Sunderland, SR5 5AU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 290 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning at Willow Wood Community Primary School.”
- “Leaders are determined that every child will achieve.”
- “Those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive the help that they need to keep up with their peers.”
To improve
- “Some pupils do not practise their reading at home.”
- “However, some pupils do not read at home.”
- “Some pupils struggled with home learning through the COVID-19 lockdowns.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 75% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sunderland.
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Sunderland 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Northern Saints Church of England Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southwick Community Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Grange Park Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland 1.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Diamond Hall Infant Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Castletown Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Diamond Hall Junior Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good