St John Bosco Catholic Primary School, Town End Farm, Sunderland
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
4.662 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St John Bosco Catholic Primary School, Town End Farm, Sunderland is a primary school in Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 26 November 2024. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
St John Bosco Catholic Primary School, Town End Farm, Sunderland 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 | 4.662 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 24.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland is 41.3%.
- In 2025 the last child offered a Reception place lived 4.662 miles away, 8th longest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- The 2025 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2024; for Reception 2026 there were 25 first-choice applications for 25 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 54% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Bradford Avenue, Sunderland, SR5 4JW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils take great delight in their learning at this school.”
- “They embrace the ambitious curriculum the school has for them.”
- “They are well supported by kind and caring adults who know the school community exceptionally well.”
To improve
- “Pupils at the early stages of reading do not consistently have books that are well matched to the phonics they know.”
- “This means they cannot use the sounds they know confidently to become fluent readers.”
- “Issues related to Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) meant the school building was unsafe.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 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) | 54% | 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: 25 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 25 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.
- Town End Academy 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bexhill Academy 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hylton Castle Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Northern Saints Church of England Academy 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Castletown Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Willow Wood Community Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Sunderland 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- South Hylton Primary Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published