Burnside Academy Inspires

State-Funded School

burnside-academy-inspires-sunderland-north-east

North EastRegion

SunderlandLocal Authority

Houghton and Sunderland SouthConstituency

DH4 5HBPostcode

1.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Burnside Academy Inspires is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Sunderland, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 174 pupils. Burnside Academy Inspires is part of Inspire Multi Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 56%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 101
Maths score: 101

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Pupils

174

Total Pupils

43%Boys

57%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

41%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 174
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Inspire Multi Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 22 October 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
8 Oct 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.