John F Kennedy Primary School
Primary schoolJohn F Kennedy Primary School is a primary school in Sunderland, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 412 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 13 January 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 65% of pupils at John F Kennedy Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Sunderland and 62% in England.
18% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Sunderland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 18% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Barmston Village Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)460 m
- Columbia Grange SchoolSpecial. School remains Outstanding, March 2020520 m
- Biddick Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, WashingtonPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Wessington Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2023. 23% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)790 m
- Biddick AcademySecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 48.2 (2025/26, provisional)810 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Sunderland
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).