St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland

Academy converterPrimaryAges 3–11MixedRoman Catholic

Meadowside, Sunderland, SR2 7QN

Executive Headteacher · Mr Martin Clephane

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 6 October 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils472Capacity 420

OfstedImproved significantlyInspected 18 December 2024

TrustBishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust

Free school meals6.8%

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 18 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.

60 of the 71 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered60

Applications109

First choice71

First-choice offers60

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).