Albany Village Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Washington, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.551 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Albany Village Primary School is a primary school in Washington, Sunderland for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 February 2023. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Albany Village 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 | 2.551 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2025 lived 2.551 miles away, the 20th longest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.89 miles).
- That 2025 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Crossgill, Albany, Washington, NE37 1UA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 214 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 February 2023
Strengths
- “Albany Village Primary School is a friendly and inclusive school, where pupils are happy and safe.”
- “Pupils behave well both in lessons and in the playground.”
- “They are kind and considerate to each other.”
To improve
- “They know that some pupils have previously not achieved as highly as they could.”
- “In some wider curriculum subjects, the activities that some teachers plan do not focus on the most important things pupils need to learn.”
- “Pupils enjoy the activity but struggle to make connections to the intended learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 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) | 57% | 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: 28 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.
- George Washington Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Blackfell Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Wessington Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Oxclose Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Usworth Colliery Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Washington 0.9 mi Good Last distance published