Dubmire Primary
Britannia Terrace, Fence Houses, Houghton le Spring, DH4 6HL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- AIM HIGH ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Emma Jarvis
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Aim High Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 479
- URN
- 143524
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01915005958
About this school
Dubmire Primary is a primary academy in Houghton le Spring. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 479 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- 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 | 59 | 42 | 51 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 64% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 7% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 83% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 74% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 79% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.80 | - | - |
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 Dubmire Primary 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 | 73% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 63.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 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 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 462 |
| 2023/24 | 454 |
| 2024/25 | 488 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dubmire Primary compares
Dubmire Primary ranked 45th of 75 primary schools in Sunderland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% 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 | 63% | 5.3% | 32.8% | 479 | — |
| Woodlea Primary School | — | 4.1% | 24.2% | 197 | 0.7 miles |
| Burnside Academy Inspires | 57% | 4.8% | 47.6% | 174 | 0.8 miles |
| Newbottle Primary Academy | 68% | 4.4% | 14.4% | 437 | 1.1 miles |
| Bournmoor Primary School | 65% | 6.2% | 40.3% | 66 | 1.1 miles |
| St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton | 87% | 3.4% | 6% | 193 | 1.2 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)
- 32.8%
- English as an additional language
- 1.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.33%
- Persistent absence
- 16.01%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woodlea Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Houghton le Spring
-
Burnside Academy Inspires0.8 miles
Primary · Houghton le Spring
-
Newbottle Primary Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Houghton le Spring
-
Bournmoor Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Houghton le Spring
-
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton1.2 miles
Primary · Houghton le Spring
Other schools in Houghton le Spring
Dubmire Primary ranks 9th of the 17 ranked primary schools in Houghton le Spring.
- Barnwell Academy Primary
- Bernard Gilpin Primary School Primary
- Bournmoor Primary School Primary
- Burnside Academy Inspires Primary
- Easington Lane Primary School Primary
- East Rainton Primary School Primary
- Eppleton Academy Primary School Primary
- Gillas Lane Primary Academy Primary
- Hetton Lyons Primary School Primary
- Hetton Primary School Primary
- New Penshaw Academy Primary
- Newbottle Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Dubmire Primary teach?
- Dubmire Primary teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Houghton le Spring.
- Who is the headteacher of Dubmire Primary?
- The headteacher of Dubmire Primary is Miss Emma Jarvis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Dubmire Primary last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dubmire Primary, 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 Dubmire Primary?
- Dubmire Primary has 479 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Dubmire Primary full?
- Dubmire Primary has capacity for 420 pupils and 479 on roll (114%), so it is at or above 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 Dubmire Primary a faith school?
- No. Dubmire Primary has no designated religious character.
- Is Dubmire Primary a selective school?
- No. Dubmire Primary is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Dubmire Primary have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Dubmire Primary as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Dubmire Primary?
- Dubmire Primary is part of AIM HIGH ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Dubmire Primary's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dubmire Primary rank locally?
- Dubmire Primary ranked 45th of 75 primary schools in Sunderland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% 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 Dubmire Primary's absence rate?
- Dubmire Primary's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dubmire Primary's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dubmire Primary'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 10 July 2026.