Dame Dorothy Primary School
Dock Street, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, SR6 0EA
This school is closed (it closed in January 2025).
It was replaced by Dame Dorothy Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Iain Williamson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 200
- URN
- 108776
- Local authority
- Sunderland
About this school
Dame Dorothy Primary School was a community primary school in Sunderland. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 200 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Dame Dorothy Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 62% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 3% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 70% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 83% | 67% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 77% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - | - |
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 Dame Dorothy 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 | 62% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 63.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 63% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 221 |
| 2023/24 | 216 |
| 2024/25 | 200 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dame Dorothy Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 5.4% | 28.9% | 200 | — |
| Dame Dorothy Primary School | — | — | — | 181 | 0.0 miles |
| Redby Academy | 70% | 4.5% | 14.3% | 259 | 0.6 miles |
| St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School | 78% | 4.4% | 8% | 303 | 0.6 miles |
| Grange Park Primary School | 39% | 6.9% | 48.5% | 208 | 0.7 miles |
| Hudson Road Primary School | 68% | 4.5% | 31.8% | 345 | 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)
- 28.89%
- English as an additional language
- 32.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.37%
- Persistent absence
- 19.53%
Location
Nearby schools
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Dame Dorothy Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Redby Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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St Benet's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
Grange Park Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
Hudson Road Primary School0.8 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 year groups does Dame Dorothy Primary School teach?
- Dame Dorothy Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Sunderland.
- Has Dame Dorothy Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Dame Dorothy Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Dame Dorothy Primary School?
- Dame Dorothy Primary School had 200 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Dame Dorothy Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Dame Dorothy Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dame Dorothy 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 7 July 2025.