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St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth

Sunderland, SR3 2BBPrimaryAges 5–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Nov 2022
KS2 Results
100%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
30 1st-choice / 31 places
Ranking
🏆Top 5%
#30 of 13,686 nationally

About St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth

St Leonard’s Catholic Primary School in Silksworth holds a Good rating from Ofsted, with its most recent graded inspection in 2022 awarding Good across every category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The previous inspection in 2015 also rated the school Good overall. But the standout metric is the Key Stage 2 combined result: every single pupil — 100 per cent — met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. That places the school first out of 73 primaries in Sunderland, first out of 677 in the North East region, and 30th nationally out of 13,686 schools. The local authority average for the same combined measure is 67 per cent, so the school is performing well above the typical Sunderland primary.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range5 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterRoman Catholic
AddressTunstall Village Road, Sunderland, Sunderland, SR3 2BB
HeadteacherDionne Dunn
Local AuthoritySunderland
Number of Pupils199
Free School Meals (FSM)20.6%
School Capacity199 / 210 (95% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

23 Nov 2022
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 19 Jan 2023. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Facilities

6
Sensory RoomMusic RoomsICT SuiteSports HallArt StudiosChapel

Facilities may vary. Contact the school for current availability.

Extracurriculars

10

Sports

FootballCricketCross CountrySwimmingAthleticsRoundersTennis

Clubs & Activities

DramaChoirChess

Activities may vary by term. Contact the school for current offerings.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguagePhysicalLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

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St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.