Bernard Gilpin Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Houghton le Spring, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.085 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bernard Gilpin Primary School is a primary school in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 21 September 2022. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Bernard Gilpin 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 | 2.085 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted rated the school Outstanding on 21 September 2022; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland, 4 are Good and 4 have no current grade.
- In 2024/25, 87% 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 63 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- In 2025 the last Reception place went to a child 2.085 miles away, the 30th longest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
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
- Hall Lane, Houghton le Spring, DH5 8DA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 417 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 21 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils receive exceptional education and care at this school.”
- “They are extremely proud of the school virtues, which include justice, integrity, positive attitudes and wisdom.”
- “Adults have the highest expectations of what pupils can achieve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 November 2022 (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) | 87% | 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: 63 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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 Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gillas Lane Primary Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnside Academy Inspires 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Eppleton Academy Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newbottle Primary Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Dubmire Primary 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- East Rainton Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hetton Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published