Fatfield Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Washington, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.211 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fatfield Academy is a primary school in Washington, Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 June 2024. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Fatfield 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 | 2.211 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 in 2025 the last distance offered was 2.211 miles, the 27th longest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.89 miles).
- The Reception last distance in 2025 was further from the school than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 had 31 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, so 1 first-choice family was not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 74% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd 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
- Southcroft, Fatfield, Washington, NE38 8RB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 233 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 June 2024
Strengths
- “Fatfield Academy is a happy school.”
- “They particularly appreciate the opportunities they have to influence school decision-making, such as the range of afterschool clubs provided.”
- “Pupils help to ensure the school day runs smoothly.”
To improve
- “In history, pupils’ knowledge is not as secure.”
- “Pupils confuse different periods in history.”
- “They struggle to explain the importance of some events.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 July 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) | 74% | 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: 31 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.
- Biddick Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- John F Kennedy Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lambton Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- New Penshaw Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wessington Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barmston Village Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Barnwell Academy 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published