Dame Dorothy Primary School | Primary in Sunderland | Ofsted & DfE

53%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

200

Pupils · 2024/25

32%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

53%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

200

Pupils · 2024/25

32%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

53%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

200

Pupils · 2024/25

32%

EAL · 2024/25

20%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Closed school

This school is closed.

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 10/02/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySunderland

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio21.1:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusClosed

Overview of Dame Dorothy Primary School · Primary · Sunderland

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

53%

-9pp

71%62%53%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 53%

RWM higher standard

10%

+7pp

14%9%3%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

67%

Reading higher standard

13%

Writing expected standard

67%

Writing higher standard

17%

Maths expected standard

67%

Maths higher standard

20%

Science expected standard

73%

SPAG expected standard

67%

SPAG higher standard

13%

Reading scaled score

102.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

200

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.1

EAL

32%

FSM eligible

29%

SEN

20%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

20%

Contact

Address

Dock Street, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, SR6 0EA

Local authority

Sunderland

Website

—

Telephone

—

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	53%	10%	67%	13%	67%	17%	67%	20%	73%	67%	102.0	105.0	104.0	—	—	—	20%	200
2023/24	62%	3%	70%	20%	72%	7%	83%	37%	76%	77%	104.0	107.0	106.0	—	—	—	24%	216
2022/23	62%	10%	83%	21%	72%	10%	69%	38%	79%	69%	106.0	106.0	106.0	-0.70	-2.00	+0.70	16%	221
2018/19	71%	14%	79%	29%	86%	25%	93%	46%	89%	71%	105.0	107.0	106.0	-0.10	+0.80	+1.50	18%	231
2017/18	57%	10%	67%	17%	77%	23%	77%	27%	90%	70%	103.0	105.0	105.0	-0.40	+1.30	+1.20	16%	249
2016/17	74%	17%	83%	22%	78%	39%	83%	26%	83%	78%	103.0	104.0	104.0	+0.30	+3.40	+1.00	16%	238

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	200	21.1	20%	32%	29%	5%	20%
2023/24	216	22.1	24%	27%	28%	6%	17%
2022/23	221	22.1	16%	20%	33%	7%	22%
2021/22	224	22.7	23%	20%	32%	6%	20%
2020/21	204	20.8	19%	17%	28%	—	—
2018/19	231	22.3	18%	13%	32%	3%	6%
2017/18	249	23.6	16%	15%	36%	4%	9%
2016/17	238	22.4	16%	10%	39%	4%	11%