Springwell Village Primary School
Springwell, NE9 7RX · Sunderland local authority
Springwell’s School Grade C+ better than 45% of towns in England
What stands out about Springwell Village Primary School
- Its own letter, C: Key Stage 2 results better than 34% of England’s primary schools
- 11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted: Good, February 2023 (shown, not graded)
- Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (26 of 26)
- Homes in its postcode sector (NE9 7) sold for a median £157,000; Springwell’s is £182,500
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 57%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 34% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Sunderland avg 65%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 108, maths 105 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Springwell Village Primary School?
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.
In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Oak Learning Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Sunderland council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
100% got their first choice
Springwell and Sunderland, side by side
2023–2025All 76 graded primaries in Sunderland. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Springwell’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland | A+ | 7% | 91% |
| Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy | A+ | 9% | 90% |
| St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth | A+ | 22% | 89% |
| Bernard Gilpin Primary School | A+ | 22% | 85% |
| St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | A+ | 33% | 85% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland | A+ | 11% | 85% |
| Valley Road Academy | A+ | 39% | 84% |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | A | 13% | 81% |
| Rickleton Primary School | A | 11% | 80% |
| East Herrington Primary Academy | A | 15% | 79% |
| Mill Hill Primary School | A | 15% | 77% |
| Highfield Academy | A | 50% | 77% |
| Fulwell Junior School | A | 11% | 76% |
| St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | A− | 7% | 75% |
| Fatfield Academy | A− | 14% | 75% |
| Hill View Junior Academy | A− | 16% | 75% |
| Barnwell Academy | A− | 15% | 74% |
| St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington | A− | 14% | 74% |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland | A− | 24% | 74% |
| Bexhill Academy | A− | 47% | 73% |
| Seaburn Dene Primary School | A− | 11% | 72% |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Washington | A− | 12% | 71% |
| East Rainton Primary School | B+ | 28% | 70% |
| South Hylton Primary Academy | B+ | 37% | 70% |
| Castletown Primary School | B+ | 33% | 69% |
| Biddick Primary School | B+ | 16% | 69% |
| Blackfell Primary School | B+ | 40% | 69% |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton | B+ | 9% | 69% |
| English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Sunderland | B+ | 37% | 69% |
| Newbottle Primary Academy | B+ | 15% | 68% |
| Northern Saints Church of England Academy | B+ | 59% | 68% |
| Redby Academy | B | 13% | 67% |
| Dubmire Primary | B | 29% | 67% |
| Holley Park Academy | B | 11% | 66% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington | B | 12% | 66% |
| Shiney Row Primary School | B | 49% | 65% |
| Hetton Lyons Primary School | B | 27% | 65% |
| Thorney Close Primary School | B− | 55% | 64% |
| Plains Farm Academy | B− | 42% | 64% |
| George Washington Primary School | B− | 45% | 64% |
| Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw | B− | 13% | 64% |
| Hudson Road Primary School | B− | 37% | 63% |
| Ryhope Junior School | B− | 54% | 63% |
| New Penshaw Academy | B− | 41% | 63% |
| John F Kennedy Primary School | B− | 28% | 63% |
| Burnside Academy Inspires | B− | 44% | 62% |
| Diamond Hall Junior Academy | B− | 43% | 62% |
| St John Bosco Catholic Primary School, Town End Farm, Sunderland | B− | 25% | 62% |
| Willow Wood Community Primary School | B− | 60% | 61% |
| Barmston Village Primary School | B− | 64% | 61% |
| Richard Avenue Primary School | C+ | 22% | 59% |
| New Silksworth Academy Junior | C+ | 50% | 59% |
| Dame Dorothy Primary School | C+ | 30% | 59% |
| Broadway Junior School | C+ | 53% | 58% |
| Town End Academy | C+ | 48% | 58% |
| Eppleton Academy Primary School | C | 32% | 57% |
| Farringdon Academy | C | 48% | 57% |
| Springwell Village Primary School | C | 11% | 57% |
| Easington Lane Primary School | C | 47% | 56% |
| Usworth Colliery Primary School | C | 52% | 56% |
| Christ's College | C | 35% | 56% |
| Grange Park Primary School | C | 49% | 54% |
| Hetton Primary School | C | 45% | 54% |
| Barnes Junior School | C− | 27% | 53% |
| Albany Village Primary School | C− | 49% | 53% |
| Oxclose Primary Academy | C− | 57% | 53% |
| Gillas Lane Primary Academy | C− | 62% | 51% |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Ryhope | C− | 21% | 51% |
| Hasting Hill Academy | C− | 63% | 48% |
| Lambton Primary School | D | 32% | 47% |
| Grangetown Primary School | D | 39% | 46% |
| Southwick Community Primary School | D | 60% | 46% |
| Marlborough Primary School | D | 67% | 45% |
| Wessington Primary School | D | 45% | 44% |
| Hylton Castle Primary School | D | 53% | 43% |
| Academy 360 | D | 63% | 41% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025204 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Springwell Village Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Good, February 2023. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), October 2019.
Living near Springwell Village Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in NE9 7, the school’s postcode sector
Springwell property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in NE9 7 sell for a little under Springwell’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
19 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Springwell, NE9 7RX
Springwell Village Primary School: common questions
Is Springwell Village Primary School a good school?
By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 34% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C), with 57% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, February 2023.
How hard is it to get into Springwell Village Primary School?
For September 2026, 26 families put Springwell Village Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 27 places were offered in all.
What is Springwell Village Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Good (February 2023).
How much do houses cost near Springwell Village Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, NE9 7, sold for a median £157,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (377 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Springwell’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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