Newbottle Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Houghton le Spring, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.486 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Newbottle Primary Academy is a primary school in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Newbottle Primary 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 | 1.486 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 Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 1.486 miles from the school, the 26th shortest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception 2025 last distance was nearer the school than in 2024; the middle figure across Sunderland was 1.89 miles.
- For Reception 2026 there were 43 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 12 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Houghton Road, Newbottle, Houghton le Spring, DH4 4EE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 437 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Newbottle Primary Academy enjoy coming to school.”
- “They feel safe and that they belong.”
- “The relationships between staff and pupils are caring and respectful.”
To improve
- “The school is fine-tuning how to best support some pupils with learning how to read accurately as early as possible.”
- “Similarly, the school are strengthening how they ensure pupils secure the basic skills in writing.”
- “Some pupils need additional support to manage their behaviour.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 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) | 68% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 43 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.
- Burnside Academy Inspires 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bernard Gilpin Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Shiney Row Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dubmire Primary 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Gillas Lane Primary Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barnwell Academy 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published