Sunningdale School

State-Funded School

sunningdale-school-sunderland-north-east

North EastRegion

SunderlandLocal Authority

Houghton and Sunderland SouthConstituency

SR3 2PPPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Sunningdale School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–11, located in Sunderland, North East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 153 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

153

Total Pupils

61%Boys

39%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

53%

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: Special
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 153
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 7 June 2023. 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
17 May 2013	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.