Eppleton Academy Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Houghton le Spring, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.79 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Eppleton Academy Primary School is a primary school in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Eppleton Academy 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 | 1.79 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2025 the last child offered a place lived 1.79 miles away, further from the school than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 drew 28 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Church Road, Hetton-le-Hole, Houghton le Spring, DH5 9AJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 208 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy warm and positive relationships with staff and with each other.”
- “The school is a friendly and supportive place.”
- “Visitors are made to feel very welcome.”
To improve
- “This continues through the school in mathematics, but is not as consistent in reading.”
- “However, on occasions the most important knowledge that pupils need to learn is not identified as clearly as it could be in the wider curriculum.”
- “This can affect how well pupils build knowledge in some subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 November 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) | 62% | 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, 30 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.
- Gillas Lane Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bernard Gilpin Primary School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hetton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hetton Lyons Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- East Rainton Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnside Academy Inspires 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newbottle Primary Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published