Columbia Grange School
Oxclose Road, Washington, NE38 7NY
This school is closed (it closed in September 2023).
It was replaced by Columbia Grange School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr John Lines
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Washington and Sunderland West
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 115
- Pupils on roll
- 120
- URN
- 134184
- Local authority
- Sunderland
About this school
Columbia Grange School was a community special school in Washington. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 120 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Columbia Grange School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2003, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - |
| Reading progress | -6.40 | - |
| Writing progress | -6.20 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.70 | - |
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 Columbia Grange 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 | 0% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 63.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 63% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.5%
- English as an additional language
- 5.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.4%
- Persistent absence
- 16.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Columbia Grange School0.0 miles
Academies · Washington
-
The Poplars2.1 miles
Special schools · Houghton le Spring
-
Education and Services for People with Autism2.6 miles
Other types · Sunderland
-
North View Academy3.0 miles
Academies · Sunderland
-
Trinity Academy New Bridge3.1 miles
Academies · Sunderland
Other schools in Washington
- Columbia Grange School Academies
- Oxclose Nursery School Nursery
- Usworth Colliery Nursery School Nursery
- Albany Village Primary School Primary
- Barmston Village Primary School Primary
- Biddick Primary School Primary
- Blackfell Primary School Primary
- Fatfield Academy Primary
- George Washington Primary School Primary
- Holley Park Academy Primary
- John F Kennedy Primary School Primary
- Lambton Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Columbia Grange School teach?
- Columbia Grange School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a special school in Washington.
- Has Columbia Grange School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Columbia Grange 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 Columbia Grange School?
- Columbia Grange School had 120 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Columbia Grange School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Columbia Grange School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Columbia Grange 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 30 September 2023.