Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Infant school
Ryhope Infant School Academy
This school
Ryhope Junior School
Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Ryhope Infant School Academy.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 2 June 2026
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Sunderland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 67% | 66% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 8% | 11% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 75% | 75% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 31% | 33% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Sunderland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Maths | 105 | 105 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 105 | 106 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted inspected Ryhope Junior School on 2 June 2026 using a report card, which grades each area separately and gives no overall grade. The school met Ofsted's safeguarding standards. It was graded Strong standard for inclusion, for leadership and governance, for personal development and wellbeing and for attendance and behaviour; Expected standard for achievement and for curriculum and teaching.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2. That includes children at Ryhope Infant School Academy. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Ryhope Junior School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Sunderland, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Ryhope Junior School had 167 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 240. It is a mixed school.
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