St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington
Primary schoolSt John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington is a primary school in Sunderland, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 178 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), February 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 20 February 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- 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, 77% of pupils at St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Sunderland and 62% in England.
7% 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 | 77% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 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- Oxclose Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), April 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)230 m
- Oxclose Nursery SchoolNursery. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met260 m
- Oxclose Community AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 42.7 (2025/26, provisional)420 m
- Blackfell Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)510 m
- Holley Park AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- Lambton Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2024. 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)990 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).