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School Atlas lists 81 state primary schools, 16 state secondary schools, 2 all-through schools, 7 special schools, 3 alternative provision schools and 1 post-16 school or college in Sunderland. It also lists 7 independent schools and 51 nurseries and other early-years settings.
Of the state primary, secondary and all-through schools, 21 have a religious character: 17 Roman Catholic and 4 Church of England.
Of the 99 state primary, secondary and all-through schools in Sunderland, 53 hold an Ofsted overall-effectiveness grade from their last graded inspection: 4 Outstanding and 49 Good.
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. Since November 2025 its report cards grade each area separately; 19 of these schools have had one.
Sunderland doesn't publish catchment boundaries, so there’s no boundary map to check. Distance usually decides a place.
We also hold last-distance-offered records for 53 schools. That distance is not always a cut-off: at a school with places to spare it is simply the furthest applicant.