Rickleton Primary School

SunderlandCommunity school

Vigo Lane, Rickleton, Washington, NE38 9EZ

Headteacher: Mrs Jan PriceSchool website ↗Pupils: 453 (capacity: 480)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected June 2025
Oversubscribed
69% of first-choice applicants offered a place
89%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected June 2025
69%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 17 June 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Outstanding
Behaviour in School
Outstanding
Pupils' Wider Development
Outstanding
School Leadership
Outstanding

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
89.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
18.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 96%·Writing 93%·Maths 96%All three 89%
Reading
Expected96%
Exceeding67%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected93%
Exceeding33%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected96%
Exceeding33%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
60
How many families wanted this school first?
87
How many got their first choice?
60of 87 (69.0%)
How many applied in total?
121

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
15.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
7.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
22.0%
Boys and girls
50%girls·50%boys
228 girls, 225 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Best year on record — 89% Reading, Writing & Maths

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1660.0%5.0%-0.1+0.7+0.7
2016/1771.0%12.0%+1.60.0+1.3
2017/1872.0%8.0%0.0+1.9-0.6
2018/1973.0%17.0%-0.6+1.8+0.3
2022/2367.0%10.0%-0.9+2.3+0.2
2023/2484.0%20.0%---
2024/2589.0%18.0%---