Wessington Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Washington, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.779 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wessington Primary School is a primary school in Washington, Sunderland for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 November 2023. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Wessington 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 | 1.779 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, 23% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland.
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 1.779 miles from the school, nearer than in 2024.
- At Reception 2026 entry there were 21 first-choice applications for 21 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility is 39.9% of pupils, against a middle figure of 30.2% 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
- Lanercost, Washington, NE38 7PY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 218 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Wessington are happy, friendly and welcoming.”
- “They chat freely with visitors and are inquisitive.”
- “They feel comfortable and nurtured in school as a result of very positive relationships between adults and pupils.”
To improve
- “Although persistent absence remains higher than the national average, leaders do all they can to improve attendance rates.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 January 2024 (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) | 23% | 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: 21 first-preference applications, 21 offers in total, 21 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 Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Biddick Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- John F Kennedy Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barmston Village Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Albany Village 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
- Lambton Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published