New Silksworth Academy Junior
Blind Lane, New Silksworth, Sunderland, SR3 1AS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- EXTOL ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Robins
- Sponsor
- Extol Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 280
- Pupils on roll
- 200
- URN
- 143415
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01915000015
About this school
New Silksworth Academy Junior is a primary academy in Sunderland. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 200 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 10 July 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 44 | 60 | 51 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 67% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 7% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 77% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 82% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 70% | 53% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
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 New Silksworth Academy Junior 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 | 57% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 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 | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 193 |
| 2023/24 | 213 |
| 2024/25 | 208 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How New Silksworth Academy Junior compares
New Silksworth Academy Junior ranked 68th 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 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51% | 5.8% | 49.5% | 200 | — |
| New Silksworth Academy Infant | — | 5.5% | 24.8% | 215 | 0.0 miles |
| St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth | 85% | 4.3% | 21.1% | 207 | 0.1 miles |
| Mill Hill Primary School | 79% | 3.8% | 14.8% | 434 | 0.6 miles |
| Hill View Infant Academy | — | 4.4% | 9.4% | 439 | 1.0 miles |
| Plains Farm Academy | 65% | 6.4% | 48.5% | 164 | 1.0 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)
- 49.52%
- English as an additional language
- 2.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.77%
- Persistent absence
- 14.02%
Location
Nearby schools
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New Silksworth Academy Infant0.0 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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St Leonard's Catholic Primary School, Silksworth0.1 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Mill Hill Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Hill View Infant Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Plains Farm Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Sunderland
Other schools in Sunderland
New Silksworth Academy Junior ranks 40th 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 year groups does New Silksworth Academy Junior teach?
- New Silksworth Academy Junior teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Sunderland.
- Who is the headteacher of New Silksworth Academy Junior?
- The headteacher of New Silksworth Academy Junior is Mrs Emma Robins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was New Silksworth Academy Junior last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected New Silksworth Academy Junior, 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 New Silksworth Academy Junior?
- New Silksworth Academy Junior has 200 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is New Silksworth Academy Junior full?
- New Silksworth Academy Junior has capacity for 280 pupils and 200 on roll (71%), 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 New Silksworth Academy Junior a faith school?
- No. New Silksworth Academy Junior has no designated religious character.
- Does New Silksworth Academy Junior have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records New Silksworth Academy Junior as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs New Silksworth Academy Junior?
- New Silksworth Academy Junior is part of EXTOL ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have New Silksworth Academy Junior's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% 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 New Silksworth Academy Junior rank locally?
- New Silksworth Academy Junior ranked 68th 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 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is New Silksworth Academy Junior's absence rate?
- New Silksworth Academy Junior's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are New Silksworth Academy Junior's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, New Silksworth Academy Junior'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 2 July 2026.