Dame Dorothy Primary School, Sunderland

Dame Dorothy Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 108776), 67% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 67% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put Dame Dorothy Primary School as their first choice and 23 named it as one of their preferences, for 19 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Dame Dorothy Primary School are Redby Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 83% reading, 76% maths); St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 87% reading, 84% maths); Grange Park Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 68% reading, 65% maths); and Hudson Road Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 80% reading, 83% maths).

Dame Dorothy Primary School is one of 12 schools run by Northern Lights Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

29.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (56%), Black (27%) and Asian (12%).

In 2026, 48 pupils (26.5%) received SEN support and 0 (0%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Stadium Of Light (Tyne and Wear Metro Station), about 630 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Church Street North (s-bound), 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Dame Dorothy Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 4th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 532 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Sunderland (148), as is usual near a town centre.

The secondary schools closest to Dame Dorothy Primary School are St Anthony's Girls' Catholic Academy (1.2 miles), Thornhill Academy (1.4 miles) and Monkwearmouth Academy (1.6 miles).