Plains Farm Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.891 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Plains Farm Academy is a primary school in Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Plains Farm 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 | 1.891 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 2025, the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.891 miles away, the 36th longest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2025 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2024.
- 40.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.7% 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
- Tudor Grove, Sunderland, SR3 1SU
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 164 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 4 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils embody the values of this nurturing, warm and supportive school.”
- “Pupils flourish because they are cared for deeply.”
- “At the heart of every decision the school makes are pupils’ needs.”
To improve
- “The school is aware of the need to now implement these approaches across the full curriculum to further support pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2025 (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) | 65% | 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: 19 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 19 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.
- Richard Avenue Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barnes Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Barnes Infant Academy 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Thorney Close Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Broadway Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Farringdon Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published