St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.176 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland is a primary school in Sunderland for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 24 September 2024. Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, 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 | 1.176 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2025, the last distance offered was 1.176 miles, further than in 2024, and the 19th shortest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 36 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 7 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- Of pupils here, 22.9% are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 42.9% 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
- Grindon Lane, Grindon, Sunderland, SR4 8HP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 240 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 24 September 2024
Strengths
- “This creates a sense of belonging in a school where pupils know that staff care for them.”
- “Pupils are proud to attend the school.”
- “They play a central role in the welcoming culture.”
To improve
- “In these areas, the identification of what pupils know and remember is not precise.”
- “This limits teachers’ understanding of what pupils need to recap or learn next.”
- “In less formal activities, staff do not consistently identify or draw out the key knowledge children should be acquiring.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 October 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) | 74% | 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: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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.
- Broadway Junior School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- Thorney Close Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Grindon Infant School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hasting Hill Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Highfield Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barnes Junior School 0.9 mi School remains Good
- Plains Farm Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published