Queen Alexandra Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR2 9HE
10 reasons to choose Hill View Junior Academy
Top line
Hill View Junior Academy has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in Sunderland and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Hill View Junior Academy is a state junior school for boys and girls (60%/40%) between the ages of 7 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 2 members of Vision Learning Trust Limited. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2012) inspection.
Average class size
Hill View Junior Academy has four classes per year, and an average class size of 28 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Hill View Junior Academy ranks in the top 16% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 12% of schools.
The Hill View Junior Academy curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips in Years 4 and 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for art.
Sport at Hill View Junior Academy
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Hill View Junior Academy
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 8.00am (onsite) to 6.00pm (at the Infants School).
Find another school near Hill View Junior Academy
Argyle House School, Infants & Juniors (0.9 miles).
St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Sunderland (1.8 miles); Grange Park Primary School (2.2 miles); St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Seaham (3.2 miles).
Argyle House School (1.1 miles); Durham School (13.2 miles); Royal Grammar School, Newcastle (15 miles).
St Anthony’s Girls’ Catholic Academy (1.3 miles); Christ’s College (3.1 miles); Whitburn Church of England Academy (5.9 miles).