Rickleton Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Washington, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.181 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Rickleton Primary School is a primary school in Washington, Sunderland for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Rickleton 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 | 1.181 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, 89% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland.
- For Reception 2026, there were 72 first-choice applications for 61 offers; 61 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 1.181 miles away, the 20th shortest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception last distance in 2025 was nearer the school than in 2024.
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
- Vigo Lane, Rickleton, Washington, NE38 9EZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 450 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils attend a school where excellence is the norm.”
- “The school has high expectations for all pupils.”
- “There is a belief that all pupils can aim to be whatever they want to be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 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) | 89% | 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: 72 first-preference applications, 61 offers in total, 61 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.
- Lambton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holley Park Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fatfield Academy 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oxclose Primary Academy 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Biddick Primary School 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Blackfell Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Wessington Primary School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published