Southwick Community Primary School
Shakespeare Street, Southwick, Southwick, SR5 2JX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Christian Robson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 390
- Pupils on roll
- 345
- URN
- 108769
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01915009554
About this school
Southwick Community Primary School is a community primary school in Southwick. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 345 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 37 | 35 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 32% | 59% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 70% | 54% |
| Expected standard in maths | 42% | 76% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 55% | 76% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 99.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Southwick Community Primary 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 | Sunderland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 32% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 63.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 51% | 63% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 388 |
| 2023/24 | 371 |
| 2024/25 | 365 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Southwick Community Primary School compares
Southwick Community Primary School ranked 67th of 75 primary schools in Sunderland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51% | 8.5% | 66.2% | 345 | — |
| Grange Park Primary School | 39% | 6.9% | 48.5% | 208 | 0.5 miles |
| English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Sunderland | 68% | 5.5% | 34.5% | 178 | 0.7 miles |
| Willow Wood Community Primary School | 75% | 6.4% | 68.3% | 290 | 0.7 miles |
| Redby Academy | 70% | 4.5% | 14.3% | 259 | 0.8 miles |
| St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | 78% | 4.4% | 8% | 303 | 0.8 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 66.19%
- English as an additional language
- 13.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.5%
- Persistent absence
- 30.83%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grange Park Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, Sunderland0.7 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
Willow Wood Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
Redby Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Sunderland
Common questions
- What year groups does Southwick Community Primary School teach?
- Southwick Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Southwick.
- Who is the headteacher of Southwick Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Southwick Community Primary School is Mr Christian Robson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Southwick Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Southwick Community Primary 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 big is Southwick Community Primary School?
- Southwick Community Primary School has 345 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Southwick Community Primary School full?
- Southwick Community Primary School has capacity for 390 pupils and 345 on roll (88%), 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 Southwick Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Southwick Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Southwick Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Southwick Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Southwick Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 32% in 2022/23 and 51% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Southwick Community Primary School rank locally?
- Southwick Community Primary School ranked 67th of 75 primary schools in Sunderland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Southwick Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Southwick Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Southwick Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Southwick Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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.