Usworth Colliery Primary School, Washington
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Usworth Colliery Primary creates a genuinely warm and welcoming environment where children are happy, well cared for and display excellent behavior and respect. The school is particularly strong at supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. Parents strongly praise the school's work and appreciate the visible, approachable leadership team.
Key Strengths
- Safe, protective environment with warm and inclusive ethos created by the headteacher
- Skilled governors with strong understanding of school effectiveness and their accountability role
- Pupils display excellent behavior, politeness and consideration for each other
- Pupils with special educational needs, particularly those in The Base, make strong progress in personal and social development
- Rich curriculum enrichment through visits, visitors and residential trips to Edinburgh, London and France
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching quality is inconsistent - not all lessons match tasks to pupils' abilities effectively
- Reading and writing progress is too variable; adults do not read regularly enough with pupils
- Assessment and tracking systems lack accuracy, making it difficult to identify pupil progress
- Most able pupils do not receive sufficient challenge and sometimes wait while others receive support
- Gap between disadvantaged pupils and national averages remains too wide in reading and writing
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective - the headteacher is resolute in ensuring pupils are happy, safe and well protected, with thorough support for vulnerable families from external agencies.
Extracurricular Activities
Extra-curricular sports clubs, visits and visitors to school, residential trips to Edinburgh, London and France, art and music enrichment programs
Usworth Colliery Primary School requires improvement after declining from its previous Good rating. While the school has a warm, inclusive ethos and effective safeguarding, teaching quality is inconsistent and pupil progress in reading and writing is too variable.
At a Glance
51.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
17 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 62% to 79%. Maths has improved from 64% to 83%. Writing has improved from 56% to 69%.
Class Sizes
19.7
Avg class size
22.7
Infant (KS1)
21.1
KS2
18
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
79%
Available places
333 pupils
420 capacity
87 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Washington
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Washington
Admissions Demand - Sunderland
Places available
3,460
Applications
2,785
Got 1st preference
95.4%
Got preferred school
98.8%
Primary admissions across Sunderland (2025/26)
Inspection History(107)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.66267%
Overall absence
20.9375%
Persistent absence
320
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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