Northern Saints Church of England Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.623 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Northern Saints Church of England Academy is a primary school in Sunderland for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Northern Saints Church of England Academy 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 | 1.623 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 Reception 2025 the last distance offered was 1.623 miles, the 30th shortest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published last distance (this one included); the middle figure was 1.89 miles.
- The Reception 2025 last distance was about the same as in 2024.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 61 first-choice applications for 68 offers, which is 0.9 first choices per offer, the 11th lowest of 74 Sunderland primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Rotherham Road, Sunderland, SR5 5QL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 423 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 58.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “Northern Saints Church of England Academy is a school where all are welcome.”
- “The school's ethos is strongly shaped by the belief that ‘everyone is different, but everyone is equal’.”
- “Leaders are sensitive to pupils' different needs from the moment they arrive at the beginning of each day.”
To improve
- “However, further work is needed to improve outcomes in phonics to ensure that more pupils have the knowledge they need to be successful learners.”
- “Last year, too many pupils did not achieve the expected standard in the Year 1 phonics screening check.”
- “In lessons, pupils who cannot read words or sounds occasionally go unnoticed.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 March 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) | 68% | 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: 61 first-preference applications, 68 offers in total, 61 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.
- Willow Wood Community Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Sunderland 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Castletown Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St John Bosco Catholic Primary School, Town End Farm, Sunderland 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hylton Castle Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bexhill Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Southwick Community Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Town End Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published