Pennywell Early Years Centre

State-Funded School

pennywell-early-years-centre-sunderland-north-east

North EastRegion

SunderlandLocal Authority

Houghton and Sunderland SouthConstituency

SR4 9AXPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Pennywell Early Years Centre is a state-funded nursery for pupils aged 2–5, located in Sunderland, North East.

It currently serves 147 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Nursery schools have no key stage 2 cohort.

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Pupils

147

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Nursery
Age range: 2 – 5
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 147
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
10 Jul 2025	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
17 Dec 2014	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.