Hill View Junior Academy

Primary Ages 7-11 451 pupils Sunderland
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Hill View Junior Academy is an academy converter in Sunderland for pupils aged 7 to 11. It has 451 pupils on roll. In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 7-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Queen Alexandra Road
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear
SR2 9HE
Phone 01915947982
Reference Number 144224

General Makeup

Number of pupils 451
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.55%
Girls: 45.45%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 4.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
3 63 48 111
4 55 60 115
5 71 49 120
6 57 48 105

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 89.8%
African 2.2%
White & Asian 1.8%
Indian 1.3%
Asian, Other 1.3%
White, Other 1.1%
Mixed, Other 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 07 Jan 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
07 Jan 2025 School inspection
10 Mar 2020 School inspection
06 Apr 2017 Academy conversion letter
05 Dec 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as Hill View Junior School
04 Mar 2010 Full inspection:
08 Feb 2007 Full inspection:
24 Sep 2001 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 81%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 21%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 108
Maths 107

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -2.2
Writing 1.5
Maths -2

How many students meet the standards

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Average Scaled Score

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Progress Scores

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Hill View Junior Academy had 456 pupils for 480 places. 24 places (5.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Primary Planning Area 11” planning area

Sunderland counted 393 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 397 in 2029–30, up 1%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 466480480480480480480480
Pupils 444455454466460450457456
Unfilled 4.7%5.2%5.4%2.9%4.2%6.2%4.8%5.0%

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 Hill View Junior Academy attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.7%2.6%2.1%4.7%3.1%3.5%3.1%
Unauthorised absence 1.0%1.2%0.8%1.7%1.9%1.7%1.2%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.2%0.0%0.4%0.7%0.4%0.6%

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, 1.1% of pupils at Hill View Junior Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.01.10.90.00.71.5
Permanent exclusions 00000000

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 Hill View Junior Academy had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 15.516.515.617.615.614.814.515.213.9
Teachers who left state teaching 10.0%0.0%14.6%0.0%25.1%4.9%7.3%4.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 38.1%38.1%–47.8%83.3%37.5%66.7%28.6%–
Sick days per teacher 2.84.3–3.39.31.58.92.6–

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, 14.6% of pupils at Hill View Junior Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
No specialist assessment of need 24 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 16 3
Social, emotional and mental health 14 0
Speech, language and communication needs 5 2
Specific learning difficulty 4 0
Moderate learning difficulty 2 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Severe learning difficulty 0 1

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 Hill View Junior Academy received £5,963 and spent £5,641 for each of its 452 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £562,000 (£1,243 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Vision Learning Trust Limited, income was £5,886 and spending £5,756 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £518,000£609,000£693,000£683,000£627,000£417,000£562,000
per pupil £1,134£1,310£1,484£1,491£1,398£921£1,243
In-year balance £30,000£92,000£79,000£106,000-£59,000-£218,000£145,000
per pupil £66£199£169£231-£131-£481£322

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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1.09 miles
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1.16 miles
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1.17 miles
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1.19 miles
New Silksworth Academy Junior
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1.19 miles
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Ryhope
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1.34 miles
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1.37 miles
Barnes Junior School
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1.4 miles
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1.49 miles
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1.74 miles
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1.78 miles
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Torphin Hill Drive, Sunderland, SR3 2PJ
1.8 miles
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1.81 miles
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0.07 miles
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Ryhope Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7TF
0.29 miles
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Willowbank Road, Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7HJ
0.54 miles
Ashbrooke School
Ashbrooke Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 7JA
0.58 miles
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0.86 miles
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0.87 miles
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0.91 miles
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0.93 miles
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1.04 miles
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1.2 miles
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3.35 miles
Castle View Enterprise Academy
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Hill View Junior Academy is part of Vision Learning Trust Limited, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Hill View Junior Academy have?

Hill View Junior Academy has 451 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hill View Junior Academy cover?

Hill View Junior Academy for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Hill View Junior Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Hill View Junior Academy?

Hill View Junior Academy is at Queen Alexandra Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR2 9HE.

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