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St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Academy
Tunstall Village Road, Silksworth, Sunderland SR3 2BB · stleonardsprimary.org.uk · 0191 521 0300
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 85%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Sunderland 66%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 207
- 99% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Free school meals
- 21.7%
- First language not English
- 16.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 96% 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 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 20 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 8 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 24% the higher standard. Across Sunderland it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲85% | 62% | ||
| ▲24% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 108846)
Ofsted
St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 23 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 23 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 108846), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108846)
Before September 2019
Oct 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108846)
Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 108846)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (27 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 27
- 20% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied