East Herrington Primary Academy

East Herrington Primary Academy is performing well and has been rated as 'Good' in all key areas. The school provides a positive and engaging learning environment where students, including those with special educational needs, thrive. Leadership has established effective routines and promotes a culture of respect and safety, which contributes to students' eagerness to learn. The curriculum is continually being developed and adapted to ensure students catch up following periods of absence due to COVID-19, although the impact of some recent changes has yet to be fully assessed.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit positive attitudes to learning and respect for one another.
• Teachers provide engaging lessons that motivate pupils, including regular singing opportunities.
• The school has effective behaviour management strategies, creating a calm learning environment.
• Leaders support curriculum development, ensuring it is well-sequenced and builds on prior knowledge.
• Pupils receive tailored support to fill gaps in their learning, helping them to achieve well.

Areas for Improvement

• The school has not fully checked the effectiveness of new assessment systems for mathematics.
• The proportion of persistent absenteeism among pupils is too high.
• Some aspects of the personal development curriculum lack detail, specifically regarding understanding of diverse faiths and cultures.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at East Herrington Primary Academy attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.4% of pupils at East Herrington Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 East Herrington Primary Academy had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.0% of pupils at East Herrington Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 East Herrington Primary Academy received £6,184 and spent £6,330 for each of its 464 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £489,000 (£1,056 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Tyne and Wear Learning Trust, income was £6,359 and spending £6,470 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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East Herrington Primary Academy is part of Tyne and Wear Learning Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Barnwell Academy Houghton Le Spring
• Hetton Lyons Primary School Houghton Le Spring
• Whitburn Village Primary School Sunderland
• Dunn Street Primary School Jarrow
• Marine Park Primary School South Shields

What is East Herrington Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for East Herrington Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in December 2022.

When was East Herrington Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

East Herrington Primary Academy was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does East Herrington Primary Academy have?

East Herrington Primary Academy has 476 pupils on roll.

What age range does East Herrington Primary Academy cover?

East Herrington Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are East Herrington Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is East Herrington Primary Academy?

East Herrington Primary Academy is at Balmoral Terrace, East Herrington, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR3 3PR.