Living in Washington with children
Washington, Sunderland. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 51,318 people in 22,690 households; 27.1% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
21 schools: 17 state primary, 4 state secondaryWashington on the schools map →Every school in Washington, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (17)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rickleton Primary School | Outstanding | Top 6% (4/76) in Sunderland | — |
| Biddick Primary School | Good | Top 15% (11/76) in Sunderland | — |
| Blackfell Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 20% (15/76) in Sunderland | — |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Washington | Good | Top 22% (16/76) in Sunderland | — |
| St John Boste Catholic Primary School, Washington | Outstanding | Top 29% (22/76) in Sunderland | — |
| Fatfield Academy | School remains Good | Top 33% (25/76) in Sunderland | — |
| Holley Park Academy | School remains Good | Top 35% (26/76) in Sunderland | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington | Good | Top 39% (29/76) in Sunderland | — |
| Usworth Colliery Primary School | Good | Top 44% (33/76) in Sunderland | — |
| John F Kennedy Primary School | Ofsted report card | (42/76) in Sunderland | — |
| George Washington Primary School | Standards maintained | (51/76) in Sunderland | — |
| Barmston Village Primary School | Good | (56/76) in Sunderland | — |
| Albany Village Primary School | School remains Good | (59/76) in Sunderland | — |
| Oxclose Primary Academy | Good | (67/76) in Sunderland | — |
| Lambton Primary School | School remains Good | (73/76) in Sunderland | — |
| Wessington Primary School | School remains Good | (74/76) in Sunderland | — |
| Marlborough Primary School | Good | (75/76) in Sunderland | — |
State secondary schools (4)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biddick Academy | Ofsted report card | Top 28% (5/18) in Sunderland | — |
| St Robert of Newminster Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Washington | School remains Good | Top 50% (9/18) in Sunderland | — |
| Oxclose Community Academy | Good | (14/18) in Sunderland | — |
| Washington Academy | Ofsted report card | (16/18) in Sunderland | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (103 detached, 151 semi-detached, 157 terraced, 54 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Washington. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Washington →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 89% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 98%, on average across the 1,051 postcodes in NE38, NE37. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 2 outstanding; 4 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £6.17 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 6 in Sunderland.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Sunderland
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Sunderland.
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