Dame Dorothy Primary School

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Dame Dorothy Primary School, inspected in February 2022.

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 2025–26 Dame Dorothy Primary School had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

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, 26.5% of pupils at Dame Dorothy Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% 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.

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Dame Dorothy Primary School is part of Northern Lights Learning Trust, which runs 12 schools. The nearest others:

• Venerable Bede Church of England Academy Sunderland
• Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy Sunderland
• Holley Park Academy Washington
• Hart Primary School Hartlepool
• St Peter's Elwick Church of England Primary School Hartlepool
• St Helen's Primary School Hartlepool
• Grange Primary School Hartlepool
• Tilery Primary School Stockton-On-Tees
• Ian Ramsey Church of England Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• St Aidan's Church of England Academy Darlington

What is Dame Dorothy Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dame Dorothy Primary School is Good, from an inspection in February 2022 of its predecessor, Dame Dorothy Primary School.

When was Dame Dorothy Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dame Dorothy Primary School was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Dame Dorothy Primary School have?

Dame Dorothy Primary School has 181 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dame Dorothy Primary School cover?

Dame Dorothy Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Dame Dorothy Primary School?

Dame Dorothy Primary School is at Dock Street, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR6 0EA.