St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School in Sunderland - ratings, address, contact etc

St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school located in Sunderland. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 25/09/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is above average, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.6%, which is 0.4 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Meadowside, Sunderland

School Information

Address:	Meadowside, Sunderland, SR2 7QN
Website:	www.smrc.school
Telephone:	01915228787
School Type:	Voluntary aided school
Education phase:	Primary
Local authority:	Sunderland
Headteacher / Principal:	Mr Martin Clephane
Religious character:	Roman Catholic
Admissions policy:	Not applicable
Unique reference:	108840

Ofsted Inspection

Overall Effectiveness
Quality Of Education
Outcomes For Pupils
Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 25/09/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range:	3 - 11
Gender:	Mixed
School Capacity:	420
Number of Pupils:	469
Number of Boys:	214
Number of Girls:	255

Absence

	School	England state-funded schools:
Overall absence:	3.6%	4%
Persistent absence:	4.3%	8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading

Average: 1.8 Confidence interval 0.2 to 3.3

Writing

Average: 0.5 Confidence interval -1 to 1.9

Maths

Average: 0.5 Confidence interval -0.9 to 1.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:	70%
England Average:	65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:	11%
England Average:	11%

Average score in reading

School:	105
England Average:	104

Average score in maths

School:	105
England Average:	105

Nearby Schools

Primary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
St Mary's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Meadowside , SR2 7QN	3out of 4	0 yd	Voluntary aided school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Richard Avenue Primary School Hurstwood Road , SR4 7LQ	3out of 4	352 yd	Community school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Barnes Infant Academy Mount Road , Barnes SR4 7QF	3out of 4	938 yd	Academy converter	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Barnes Junior School Mount Road , SR4 7QF	3out of 4	1,009 yd	Community school	No	Mixed	More About School
Plains Farm Academy Tudor Grove , SR3 1SU	3out of 4	1,198 yd	Academy sponsor led	Yes	Mixed	More About School

Secondary

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Thornhill Academy Thornholme Road , SR2 7NA	1out of 4	430 yd	Academy sponsor led	No	Mixed	More About School
St Aidan's Catholic Academy Willow Bank Road , Ashbrooke SR2 7HJ	3out of 4	619 yd	Academy converter	No	Boys	More About School
St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy Thornhill Terrace , SR2 7JN	4out of 4	781 yd	Academy converter	No	Girls	More About School
Southmoor Academy Ryhope Road , SR2 7TF	3out of 4	1,521 yd	Academy converter	No	Mixed	More About School
Sandhill View Academy Grindon Lane , Thorney Close SR3 4EN	2out of 4	2,433 yd	Academy sponsor led	No	Mixed	More About School

16 plus

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
City of Sunderland College Bede Centre , Durham Road SR3 4AH	- not rated	899 yd	Further education	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

All-through

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Christ's College Pennywell Road , SR4 8PG	2out of 4	2,789 yd	Free schools	No	Mixed	More About School
Academy 360 Portsmouth Road , SR4 9BA	1out of 4	3,243 yd	Academy sponsor led	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

Not applicable

	Ofsted Overall Effectiveness	Distance	Establishment Type	Has Nursery Classes	Gender	More Info
Barbara Priestman Academy Meadowside , SR2 7QN	3out of 4	0 yd	Academy special converter	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Consilium Evolve Thornhill Academy , Thornholme Road SR2 7NA	- not rated	359 yd	Academy alternative provision converter	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
Argyle House School 19-20 Thornhill Park , SR2 7LA	- not rated	613 yd	Other independent school	Yes	Mixed	More About School
Ashbrooke School Ashbrooke Road , Sunderland SR2 7JA	- not rated	1,000 yd	Other independent special school	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School
University of Sunderland 4th Floor, Edinburgh Building , City Campus, Chester Road SR1 3SD	- not rated	1,240 yd	Higher education institutions	Not Applicable	Mixed	More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.