Schools in Houghton le Spring
Houghton le Spring has 23 schools in the City of Sunderland, spread across the town and surrounding former mining villages including Hetton-le-Hole, East Rainton and Penshaw. Sunderland City Council co-ordinates admissions for community schools using straight-line distance as the oversubscription tiebreaker.
The area's two secondary schools serve a relatively contained population, meaning most children attend one of these unless they choose an alternative further afield. The council's admissions guide for the following academic year is published each September; use the catchment.school postcode tool to identify which primary and secondary schools your address falls within.
School demand in Houghton le Spring
Across the 21 schools in Houghton le Spring with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 91%. 6 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
2 schools in Houghton le Spring have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
13 of the schools in Houghton le Spring are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Sunderland, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
4 of the schools in Houghton le Spring have a current Ofsted rating, of which 4 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Houghton le Spring: 6 oversubscribed (18)
East Rainton Primary School
Primary · Community school
Houghton le Spring · DH5 9RA
Easington Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school
Houghton le Spring · DH5 0JT
Hetton Primary School
Primary · Community school
Houghton le Spring · DH5 9ND
Shiney Row Primary School
Primary · Community school
Houghton le Spring · DH4 4QP
Bernard Gilpin Primary School
Primary · Community school
Houghton le Spring · DH5 8DA
Bournmoor Primary School
Primary · Community school
Houghton le Spring · DH4 6HF
West Rainton Primary School
Primary · Community school
Houghton le Spring · DH4 6RN
Eppleton Academy Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Houghton le Spring · DH5 9AJ
New Penshaw Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Houghton le Spring · DH4 7HY
Newbottle Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Houghton le Spring · DH4 4EE
Barnwell Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Houghton le Spring · DH4 7RT
Burnside Academy Inspires
Primary · Academy converter
Houghton le Spring · DH4 5HB
Gillas Lane Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Houghton le Spring · DH5 8EH
Dubmire Primary
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Houghton le Spring · DH4 6HL
Hetton Lyons Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Houghton le Spring · DH5 0AH
St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Houghton
Primary · Academy converter
Houghton le Spring · DH5 8NF
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Primary School, Penshaw
Primary · Academy converter
Houghton le Spring · DH4 7JZ
Woodlea Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Houghton le Spring · DH4 6AR
Secondary Schools in Houghton le Spring (2)
Other Schools in Houghton le Spring (3)
Houghton Le Spring Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Houghton le Spring · DH5 8AE
Hetton Lyons Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Houghton Le Spring · DH5 0AH
The Poplars
Not applicable · Other independent special school
Houghton le Spring · DH4 7AP
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Houghton le Spring are set by Sunderland and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.