St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland

State-Funded School

st-marys-catholic-primary-school-sunderland-sunderland-north-east

North EastRegion

SunderlandLocal Authority

Sunderland CentralConstituency

SR2 7QNPostcode

9.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland 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 472 pupils. St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland is part of BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 90%
Higher standard: 23%
Reading score: 110
Maths score: 110

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Black

15%

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

472

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

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: 472
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

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

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 18 December 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
16 Oct 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.