St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Washington, Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.502 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington is a primary school in Washington, Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington 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 | 1.502 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding on 20 February 2024, and in 2024/25 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%).
- In 2025 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.502 miles away, nearer the school than in 2024.
- Reception 2026 entry drew 22 first-choice applications for 24 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland is 37.3%.
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
- Castle Road, Oxclose Village, Washington, NE38 0HL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 178 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 20 February 2024
Strengths
- “Adults expect pupils to achieve excellence.”
- “The curriculum is ambitious and stimulating.”
- “Pupils leave the school at the end of Year 6 ready for the next stage of their education.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 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) | 77% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 22 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.
- Oxclose Primary Academy 0.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Blackfell Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holley Park Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Lambton Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Albany Village Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wessington Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Biddick Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington 0.9 mi Good Last distance published