Pennywell Early Years Centre
Portsmouth Road, Pennywell, Sunderland, SR4 9AX
- Phase
- Nursery
- School type
- Local authority nursery school
- Ages
- 2 to 5
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Ruth Williamson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 147
- URN
- 108753
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 07891677454
About this school
Pennywell Early Years Centre is a nursery school in Sunderland. It teaches children aged 2 to 5 and has 147 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Pennywell Early Years Centre, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Pennywell Early Years Centre has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 129 |
| 2023/24 | 134 |
| 2024/25 | 180 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- English as an additional language
- 1.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hylton Red House Nursery School1.7 miles
Nursery · Sunderland
-
Mill Hill Nursery School2.7 miles
Nursery · Sunderland
-
Usworth Colliery Nursery School3.1 miles
Nursery · Washington
-
Helen Gibson Nursery School3.3 miles
Nursery · East Boldon
-
Boldon Nursery School3.5 miles
Nursery · Boldon Colliery
Other schools in Sunderland
- Hylton Red House Nursery School Nursery
- Mill Hill Nursery School Nursery
- Barnes Infant Academy Primary
- Barnes Junior School Primary
- Benedict Biscop Church of England Academy Primary
- Bexhill Academy Primary
- Broadway Junior School Primary
- Castletown Primary School Primary
- Cleadon Church of England Academy Primary
- Dame Dorothy Primary School Primary
- Diamond Hall Infant Academy Primary
- Diamond Hall Junior Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Pennywell Early Years Centre teach?
- Pennywell Early Years Centre teaches children aged 2 to 5. It is a nursery school in Sunderland.
- Who is the headteacher of Pennywell Early Years Centre?
- The headteacher of Pennywell Early Years Centre is Miss Ruth Williamson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Pennywell Early Years Centre been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Pennywell Early Years Centre, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Pennywell Early Years Centre?
- Pennywell Early Years Centre has 147 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 5.
- Is Pennywell Early Years Centre a faith school?
- No. Pennywell Early Years Centre has no designated religious character.
- Does Pennywell Early Years Centre have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Pennywell Early Years Centre as having nursery classes.
- Does Pennywell Early Years Centre publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Pennywell Early Years Centre. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.