Usworth Colliery Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Washington, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.375 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Usworth Colliery Primary School is a primary school in Washington, Sunderland for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 8 January 2025. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Usworth Colliery 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 | 1.375 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland.
- For Reception entry in 2025, the last child offered a place lived 1.375 miles away, the 25th shortest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance, and nearer than in 2024.
- For Reception entry in 2026 there were 43 first-choice applications for 43 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- The school has 13.7 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland is 19.
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
- Manor Road, Sulgrave, Washington, NE37 3BL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 333 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 8 January 2025
Strengths
- “Usworth Colliery Primary School is a welcoming and inclusive place where everyone is valued.”
- “Pupils’ individuality is celebrated.”
- “Pupils enjoy being a part of the school community.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, the curriculum in the past has not helped pupils to achieve as well as they should have.”
- “This resulted in lower outcomes.”
- “However, the school is aware that there is more to do to close gaps in pupils’ writing skills.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 February 2025 (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) | 69% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 43 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.
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Washington 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Marlborough Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- George Washington Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Albany Village Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Barmston Village Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Wessington Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- John F Kennedy Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published