Dubmire Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Houghton le Spring, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.803 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dubmire Primary is a primary school in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 22 October 2024. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Dubmire Primary 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 | 1.803 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 child offered a place lived 1.803 miles away, the 37th shortest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.89 miles).
- That 2025 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2024.
- The 2026 Reception entry had 66 first-choice applications for 60 offers, the 9th highest ratio of 74 Sunderland primary schools; 60 offers went to first-choice families and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils 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
- Britannia Terrace, Fence Houses, Houghton le Spring, DH4 6HL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 479 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 22 October 2024
Strengths
- “Dubmire Primary sits proudly at the heart of the community.”
- “The school leaves no stone unturned in its support for pupils and their families.”
- “Parents and carers speak highly of the school and appreciate the support their children receive.”
To improve
- “However, interactions between adults and children are not consistently high quality.”
- “Adults sometimes miss opportunities to use rich vocabulary during play.”
- “Some children do not develop their knowledge of everyday words rapidly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 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) | 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: 66 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 Sunderland.
- Burnside Academy Inspires 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newbottle Primary Academy 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bernard Gilpin Primary School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- East Rainton Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shiney Row Primary School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gillas Lane Primary Academy 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published