Schoolchecker.uk: find the right school for the right future

Nursery · NE38 · Washington

Oxclose Nursery School

Brancepeth Road, Oxclose, Washington, NE38 0LA

See on Google Maps

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)Not published
Attainment (2024/25)–
Roll vs capacityCapacity not published
Pupils77

Ofsted inspection

Latest Ofsted report card

Report card grades

Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Ofsted grades each area on its own, from urgent improvement up to exceptional. Expected standard means the school is doing everything it should. These grades cannot be compared with the old overall grades.

Report published 20 Jul 2026.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
  • Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in NE38. Where we have them, council (Sunderland) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
77
Free school meals
0%
27.1% below district average (27.1%)

Also: Sunderland 30.5% · England 24%

SEN
14.6%
9.3% below district average (23.9%)

Also: Sunderland 21.7% · England 19.6%

EAL
2.4%
1.6% below district average (4%)
Attendance
Not published

Also: Sunderland 92.8% · England 93.4%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the NE38 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attainment
–

Admissions

Applications and offers

Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Capacity not published
Published capacity (GIAS)
Not published
Pupils on roll
77

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Sunderland page.

SEN support

SEN %
14.6%
On-site provision
Resourced provision · PD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near Oxclose Nursery School

Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.

Other nearby schools

All schools in NE38 · Schools in Sunderland

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • We do not publish school photos. The banner shows initials from the school name.
  • Methodology · Data updates