Farringdon Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.911 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Farringdon Academy is a primary school in Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 March 2022. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Farringdon Academy 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 | 1.911 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 Reception 2025 last distance offered, 1.911 miles, was further than in 2024 and 34th longest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 35 first-choice applications for 45 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 74 Sunderland primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 44.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 40.2% 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
- Archer Road, Farringdon, Sunderland, SR3 3DJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 384 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 44.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 March 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe and happy at Farringdon Academy.”
- “They benefit from the warm, caring relationships they have with staff.”
- “They respond well to the clear routines that are in place.”
To improve
- “However, too many pupils are regularly absent from school.”
- “However, on occasion, a lack of opportunities for pupils to deepen their knowledge means that a few pupils do not achieve as highly as they could.”
- “Even so, some pupils do not achieve as highly as they could in national assessments in reading.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (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) | 60% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 35 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.
- Hasting Hill Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorney Close Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- East Herrington Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Plains Farm Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- New Silksworth Academy Infant 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- New Silksworth Academy Junior 1.1 mi School remains Good