Plains Farm Academy

Academy sponsor ledPrimaryAges 3–11Mixed

Tudor Grove, Sunderland, SR3 1SU

Headteacher · Miss Lesley Cassidy

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 17 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils164Capacity 240

OfstedStandards maintainedInspected 4 December 2024

TrustInspire Multi Academy Trust

Free school meals41.8%

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 4 December 2024.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Sunderland council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 19 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered19

Applications23

First choice19

First-choice offers19

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).