New Penshaw Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Houghton le Spring, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.702 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
New Penshaw Academy is a primary school in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2024. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
New Penshaw 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 | 1.702 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, 58% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 1.702 miles away, nearer than in 2024 and the 33rd shortest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2026 Reception had 13 first-choice applications for 18 offers, 0.7 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 74 Sunderland primary schools.
- 38.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland is 16.1%.
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
- Langdale Road, New Penshaw, Houghton le Spring, DH4 7HY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 112 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 June 2024
Strengths
- “This inclusive school strives to make all pupils feel welcomed as valued members of the school community.”
- “The school is determined to help all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), to achieve well.”
- “Leaders successfully use visitors to school and external visits to enrich the curriculum.”
To improve
- “This approach is not in place securely for some foundation subjects where pupils have fewer opportunities to revisit and connect their learning.”
- “Work to address this is already underway but there remains more to do.”
- “However, some pupils, particularly those who are disadvantaged or pupils with SEND, are absent from school too often.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 September 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) | 58% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 13 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.
- Barnwell Academy 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Shiney Row Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fatfield Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- John F Kennedy Primary School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Newbottle Primary Academy 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Biddick Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barmston Village Primary School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published