Highfield Academy

State-Funded School

highfield-academy-sunderland-north-east

North EastRegion

SunderlandLocal Authority

Sunderland CentralConstituency

SR4 0DAPostcode

7.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Highfield Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Sunderland, North East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 443 pupils. Highfield Academy is part of IRIS LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 70%
Higher standard: 9%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

76%

Asian

Black

10%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

443

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 443
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: IRIS LEARNING TRUST

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 12 October 2022. 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
20 May 2013	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.