Grindon Infant School
Gleneagles Road, Sunderland, SR4 9QN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Andrea Charlton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 232
- Pupils on roll
- 163
- URN
- 108766
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01913401931
About this school
Grindon Infant School is a community primary school in Sunderland. It teaches children aged 2 to 7 and has 163 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Grindon Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Trends over time
How Grindon Infant School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 198 |
| 2023/24 | 193 |
| 2024/25 | 177 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grindon Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.6% | 44.8% | 163 | — |
| St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland | 74% | 5.2% | 24.4% | 240 | 0.7 miles |
| Hasting Hill Academy | 55% | 6.5% | 69.3% | 238 | 0.7 miles |
| Broadway Junior School | 55% | 5.7% | 49.6% | 227 | 0.9 miles |
| Thorney Close Primary School | 63% | 6% | 59.4% | 289 | 0.9 miles |
| St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | 83% | 4.9% | 32.6% | 238 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.8%
- English as an additional language
- 2.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.57%
- Persistent absence
- 22.11%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland0.7 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Hasting Hill Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Broadway Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Thorney Close Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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St Anne's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Sunderland
Other schools in Sunderland
- 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
- East Herrington Primary Academy Primary
- English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Sunderland Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Grindon Infant School teach?
- Grindon Infant School teaches children aged 2 to 7. It is a primary school in Sunderland.
- Who is the headteacher of Grindon Infant School?
- The headteacher of Grindon Infant School is Mrs Andrea Charlton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Grindon Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Grindon Infant School, 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 Grindon Infant School?
- Grindon Infant School has 163 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 7.
- Is Grindon Infant School full?
- Grindon Infant School has capacity for 232 pupils and 163 on roll (70%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Grindon Infant School a faith school?
- No. Grindon Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Grindon Infant School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Grindon Infant School as having nursery classes.
- What is Grindon Infant School's absence rate?
- Grindon Infant School's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Grindon Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Grindon Infant School. 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.