Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Houghton le Spring, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.6 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw is a primary school in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 April 2025. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw 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 | 1.6 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 Reception 2025 last distance offered was 1.6 miles, further than in 2024, and 29th shortest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 31 first-choice applications for 35 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Its latest Ofsted outcome, on 8 April 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome, on 18 May 2022, was Requires improvement.
- 12.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 27.2% across 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
- Station Road, Penshaw, Houghton le Spring, DH4 7JZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 291 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 April 2025
Strengths
- “Attending Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School is a happy experience for pupils.”
- “They are eager to learn and proud of their success.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning, feel happy and build good relationships.”
To improve
- “Most teachers confidently use these newly defined teaching techniques, but this is not yet consistent across the school.”
- “On occasion, teachers do not routinely check what pupils have understood and give them helpful feedback.”
- “Where this is the case, some pupils lose concentration, which means they do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 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) | 67% | 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, 35 offers in total, 31 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.
- Barnwell Academy 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- New Penshaw Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shiney Row Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fatfield Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newbottle Primary Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Burnside Academy Inspires 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- John F Kennedy Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Biddick Primary School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published