Hill View Junior Academy
Queen Alexandra Road, Sunderland, SR2 9HE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- VISION LEARNING TRUST LIMITED
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hayley Sutton
- Constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 451
- URN
- 144224
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01915947982
About this school
Hill View Junior Academy is a primary academy in Sunderland. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 451 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 8 January 2025, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. 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 | 120 | 120 | 115 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 74% | 81% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 14% | 21% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 79% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 83% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | 72% | 83% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.00 | - | - |
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 Hill View Junior Academy 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 | 71% | 60.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 63.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 81% | 63% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 448 |
| 2023/24 | 453 |
| 2024/25 | 452 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hill View Junior Academy compares
Hill View Junior Academy ranked 13th of 75 primary schools in Sunderland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 89% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 81% | 4.3% | 16.2% | 451 | — |
| Hill View Infant Academy | — | 4.4% | 9.4% | 439 | 0.2 miles |
| Grangetown Primary School | 63% | 7.3% | 34% | 302 | 0.6 miles |
| Valley Road Academy | 85% | 4.6% | 38.7% | 344 | 0.7 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland | 95% | 4.4% | 6.9% | 472 | 0.9 miles |
| Richard Avenue Primary School | 64% | 6.1% | 20.2% | 445 | 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)
- 16.15%
- English as an additional language
- 5.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.29%
- Persistent absence
- 6.48%
Location
Nearby schools
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Hill View Infant Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Grangetown Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Valley Road Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland0.9 miles
Primary · Sunderland
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Richard Avenue Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Sunderland
Other schools in Sunderland
Hill View Junior Academy ranks 9th 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 Hill View Junior Academy teach?
- Hill View Junior Academy teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Sunderland.
- Who is the headteacher of Hill View Junior Academy?
- The headteacher of Hill View Junior Academy is Mrs Hayley Sutton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Hill View Junior Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hill View Junior Academy, 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 Hill View Junior Academy?
- Hill View Junior Academy has 451 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Hill View Junior Academy full?
- Hill View Junior Academy has capacity for 480 pupils and 451 on roll (94%), 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 Hill View Junior Academy a faith school?
- No. Hill View Junior Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Hill View Junior Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Hill View Junior Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Hill View Junior Academy?
- Hill View Junior Academy is part of VISION LEARNING TRUST LIMITED. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Hill View Junior Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 81% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hill View Junior Academy rank locally?
- Hill View Junior Academy ranked 13th of 75 primary schools in Sunderland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 89% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hill View Junior Academy's absence rate?
- Hill View Junior Academy's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hill View Junior Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hill View Junior Academy'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.