Ryhope Junior School
Shaftesbury Avenue, Ryhope, Sunderland, SR2 0RT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Fiona Lynn
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 158
- URN
- 108787
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01919172969
About this school
Ryhope Junior School is a community primary school in Sunderland. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 158 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Ryhope Junior School, 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 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 55 | 57 | 51 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 58% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 11% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 86% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 72% | 82% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 82% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.30 | - | - |
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 Ryhope Junior 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 | 65% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 58% | 63.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 63% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 209 |
| 2023/24 | 189 |
| 2024/25 | 167 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ryhope Junior School compares
Ryhope Junior School ranked 39th of 75 primary schools in Sunderland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% 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 | 67% | 5.4% | 52.7% | 158 | — |
| Ryhope Infant School Academy | — | 5.6% | 36.3% | 172 | 0.0 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Ryhope | 58% | 3.7% | 20.1% | 184 | 0.3 miles |
| St Paul's CofE Primary School | 88% | 4.2% | 14.9% | 332 | 0.4 miles |
| Hill View Infant Academy | — | 4.4% | 9.4% | 439 | 1.0 miles |
| St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth | 85% | 4.3% | 21.1% | 207 | 1.1 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
-
Graded inspection report2 June 2026
- 22 March 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 52.69%
- English as an additional language
- 4.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.36%
- Persistent absence
- 14.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Ryhope Infant School Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Ryhope0.3 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
St Paul's CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
Hill View Infant Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Sunderland
-
St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth1.1 miles
Primary · Sunderland
Other schools in Sunderland
Ryhope Junior School ranks 27th of the 43 ranked primary 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 Ryhope Junior School teach?
- Ryhope Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Sunderland.
- Who is the headteacher of Ryhope Junior School?
- The headteacher of Ryhope Junior School is Mrs Fiona Lynn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Ryhope Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ryhope Junior 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 Ryhope Junior School?
- Ryhope Junior School has 158 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Ryhope Junior School full?
- Ryhope Junior School has capacity for 240 pupils and 158 on roll (66%), 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 Ryhope Junior School a faith school?
- No. Ryhope Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Ryhope Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Ryhope Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Ryhope Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 65% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ryhope Junior School compare with other schools in Sunderland?
- Ryhope Junior School ranked 39th of 75 primary schools in Sunderland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ryhope Junior School's absence rate?
- Ryhope Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ryhope Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ryhope Junior 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 13 August 2026.