St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Houghton le Spring, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.249 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton is a primary school in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton 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 | 1.249 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 1.249 miles away, the 22nd shortest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- The middle 2025 Reception last distance across those schools was 1.89 miles, and this school's figure was nearer than in 2024.
- In 2026 Reception there were 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 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
- Durham Road, St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton le Spring, DH5 8NF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 8.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 23 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this happy and purposeful school.”
- “They know staff set high expectations and they are determined to meet them.”
- “In lessons, pupils learn ambitious subject-specific vocabulary.”
To improve
- “A small minority of parents continue to express concerns about provision in the school.”
- “Leaders know they need to further strengthen partnership working with parents of pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.”
- “However, they recognise that they have more work to do to develop how they improve pupils’ social, emotional and mental health.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 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) | 87% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 24 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.
- Bernard Gilpin Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Gillas Lane Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Burnside Academy Inspires 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Eppleton Academy Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- East Rainton Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Dubmire Primary 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Newbottle Primary Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hetton Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published