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Hill View Infant Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Helvellyn Road, Sunderland SR2 9JJ · hillviewinfant.co.uk · 0191 594 7962
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2022
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 439
- 79 over 360 places · 122%
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 8.6%
- First language not English
- 2.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 110 families put the school first and 115 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 115 | 110 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 118 | 116 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 109 | 101 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 120 | 130 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 111 | 110 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Hill View Infant Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 28 June 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 28 Jun 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2007
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (93 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 93
- 21% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on the 11% who had a child bullied