George Washington Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Washington, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.359 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
George Washington Primary School is a primary school in Washington, Sunderland for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 19 March 2025. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
George Washington Primary School 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 | 2.359 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 2024/25, 62% 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.
- The Reception 2025 last distance offered, 2.359 miles, was further than in 2024 and the 26th longest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 43 first-choice applications for 43 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland the middle figures are 37.3% eligible for free school meals and 19.1 pupils per teacher; here they are 45.1% and 24.9.
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
- Well Bank Road, Washington, NE37 1NL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 384 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 19 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and happy and enjoy coming to school.”
- “A pupil commented, ‘School makes my life better, as people are kind and helpful.”
- “Pupils are tolerant and supportive of each other.”
To improve
- “However, a small number of pupils do not have the required knowledge to take part in their phonics lessons.”
- “As a result, they do not develop the reading skills and knowledge they require to read with fluency.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2025 (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) | 62% | 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, 43 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.
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Washington 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Albany Village Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Springwell Village Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Usworth Colliery Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Blackfell Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Marlborough Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published