Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw

State-Funded School

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North EastRegion

SunderlandLocal Authority

Houghton and Sunderland SouthConstituency

DH4 7JZPostcode

7.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Sunderland, North East.

It currently serves 291 pupils. Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw is part of BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 69%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 105

Ethnicity

White

95%

Asian

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

291

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

13%

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: Average
Total pupils: 291
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: BISHOP WILKINSON CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
20 May 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
13 Jul 2022	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
15 Jan 2007	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.