Cleadon Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sunderland, South Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.848 miles
Published by South Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Cleadon Church of England Academy is a primary school in Sunderland, South Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 February 2024. South Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Cleadon Church of England 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 2026 | 1.848 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 79% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 70 first-choice applications for 60 offers; all 60 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 1.848 miles, further than in 2025 and the 10th longest of 41 South Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 1.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 38.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in South Tyneside.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other South Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Boldon Lane, Cleadon, Sunderland, SR6 7RP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- South Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 484 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 1.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this friendly school.”
- “They grow in confidence, value their learning and achieve well in most subjects.”
- “Pupils work hard in their lessons and enjoy the superb breaktime activities.”
To improve
- “However, some foundation subjects need further development.”
- “In these subjects, activities in lessons do not always teach the key subject skills and knowledge that pupils need.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 April 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) | 79% | 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: 70 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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 South Tyneside.
- Forest View Primary 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Oswald's Catholic Primary School, South Shields 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Ridgeway Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- East Boldon Junior School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- East Boldon Infants' School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whitburn Village Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Harton Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Biddick Hall Junior School 1.6 mi Not judged