Rickleton Primary School
Primary schoolRickleton Primary School is a primary school in Sunderland, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 450 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 17 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 89% of pupils at Rickleton 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 | 89% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 18% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111 | 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- Barley Mow Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Portobello Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Lambton Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2024. 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Holley Park AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
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).