Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw

School overview

Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw is a primary school serving Houghton le Spring, Sunderland, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 308 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 67% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% 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 Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw their first choice was offered one of its 35 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw 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.