Wessington Primary School
Community primary school in Washington (Sunderland).
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Nearby schools
nearest first28 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington, 0.3 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, WashingtonAcademy converter | 0.3 mi | Primary | 227 | Good, 2023 |
| Biddick Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.3 mi | Primary | 285 | Good, 2019Ungraded inspection Nov 2024, no grade given |
| Washington AcademyAcademy converter | 0.5 mi | Secondary | 627 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 4 areas, Needs attention in 2 |
| John F Kennedy Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 0.5 mi | Primary | 412 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 5 areas, Needs attention in 2 |
| Biddick AcademyAcademy converter | 0.7 mi | Secondary | 1,002 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 2 |
| Albany Village Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.7 mi | Primary | 214 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2023Last graded Good (Nov 2017) |
| St John Boste Catholic Primary School, WashingtonAcademy converter | 0.7 mi | Primary | 178 | Outstanding, 2024 |
| Barmston Village Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.7 mi | Primary | 206 | Good, 2023 |
| Oxclose Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery | 0.8 mi | Nursery | 77 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in all six areas |
| Oxclose Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 0.8 mi | Primary | 183 | Good, 2022 |
| Columbia Grange SchoolAcademy special converter | 0.8 mi | Special | 140 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2020Last graded Outstanding (Mar 2011, previous school). This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy. |
| Oxclose Community AcademyAcademy converter | 0.8 mi | Secondary | 1,029 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements |
| Lambton Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.9 mi | Primary | 179 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2024Last graded Good (Apr 2019) |
| St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, WashingtonAcademy converter | 0.9 mi | Secondary | 1,527 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2023Last graded Good (Mar 2012, previous school) |
| Blackfell Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.9 mi | Primary | 142 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 6 areas, Needs attention in 1 |
| Holley Park AcademyAcademy converter | 1.0 mi | Primary | 204 | Ungraded inspection, Jun 2024Last graded Good (Mar 2015) |
| Usworth Colliery Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery | 1.2 mi | Nursery | 90 | Good, 2024 |
| Usworth Colliery Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.2 mi | Primary | 333 | Good, 2020Ungraded inspection Jan 2025, no grade given |
| Fatfield AcademyAcademy converter | 1.2 mi | Primary | 233 | Ungraded inspection, Jun 2024Last graded Good (May 2016, previous school) |
| George Washington Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.2 mi | Primary | 384 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2025Last graded Good (Mar 2015, previous school) |
| Marlborough Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.3 mi | Primary | 150 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in 1 key judgement, Good in 3; early years provision Outstanding |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School, WashingtonAcademy converter | 1.4 mi | Primary | 204 | Good, 2024 |
| Springwell Village Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.6 mi | Primary | 207 | Good, 2023 |
| Ravensworth Terrace Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.8 mi | Primary | 362 | Good, 2024 |
| Rickleton Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.8 mi | Primary | 450 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Lord Lawson of Beamish AcademyAcademy converter | 1.9 mi | Secondary | 1,334 | Report card, 2025Strong standard in 1 area, Expected standard in 6 |
| Portobello Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.9 mi | Primary | 182 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2023Last graded Good (Feb 2014) |
| New Penshaw AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 2.0 mi | Primary | 112 | Ungraded inspection, Jun 2024Last graded Good (Feb 2019) |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 10% most deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 1 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 235
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