John F Kennedy Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Washington, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
6.631 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
John F Kennedy Primary School is a primary school in Washington, Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
John F Kennedy 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 | 6.631 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 2024/25: 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland.
- Reception 2025 last distance offered was 6.631 miles, the 3rd longest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance (this one included); middle figure 1.89 miles.
- The Reception last distance in 2025 was nearer the school than in 2024.
- 2026 Reception had 33 first-choice applications for 33 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 15th highest of 74 Sunderland primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- Station Road, Columbia, Washington, NE38 7AR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 412 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 13 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being a part of this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “They feel valued and supported to succeed.”
- “Staff know pupils well and understand their individual needs.”
To improve
- “While many pupils achieve well by the end of key stage 2, in younger year groups, many pupils have not yet secured the key knowledge and skills needed to access age-related tasks successfully.”
- “Leaders are developing how they consistently identify and address these gaps across the school.”
- “Some staffing and leadership changes have slowed aspects of leaders' improvement work.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 March 2026 (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) | 65% | 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: 33 first-preference applications, 33 offers in total, 33 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.
- Barmston Village Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Biddick Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Wessington Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fatfield Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Albany Village Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lambton Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published