Barnwell Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Houghton le Spring, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.679 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barnwell Academy is a primary school in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Barnwell 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 | 0.679 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 2026 there were 48 first-choice applications for 30 offers, 1.6 per offer and the highest of 74 Sunderland primary schools.
- All 30 Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families, and 18 first-choice families (38%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 0.679 miles away, the 8th shortest of the 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 63% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd lowest 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
- Whitefield Estate, Penshaw, Houghton le Spring, DH4 7RT
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 302 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 31
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “This is a school where pupils achieve extremely well.”
- “Pupils say that they ‘love’ coming to this friendly school because ‘teachers help you to learn a lot’.”
- “Leaders ensure that the quality of education that pupils receive is exceptional.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 September 2023 (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) | 63% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- New Penshaw Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shiney Row Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fatfield Academy 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newbottle Primary Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Burnside Academy Inspires 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- John F Kennedy Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Biddick Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published