Eppleton Academy Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Houghton le Spring, Sunderland·DH5 9AJ
Composite score
45.0
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#9,161
National rank
#495
In North East
#56
In Sunderland
Top 62%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
40
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.0020231.0320240.9020250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Eppleton Academy Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
212
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,930
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Eppleton Academy Primary School at a glance

Located in Houghton le Spring, Sunderland, Eppleton Academy Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 212 pupils aged 3 to 11. 62% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Eppleton Academy Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 30 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. Eppleton Academy Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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