Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in County Durham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry41 applications · 20 places offered · 20 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.5; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.8; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.6; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.5; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 0.9; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.5; County Durham median median 1.6
- This school
- County Durham median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 20 | 41 | 2.1 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 30 | 46 | 1.5 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 19 | 34 | 1.8 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 24 | 33 | 1.4 | 24 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 19 | 31 | 1.6 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 25 | 44 | 1.8 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 52 | 1.8 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 45 | 1.6 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 45 | 65 | 1.4 | 44 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 29 | 54 | 1.9 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 35 | 53 | 1.5 | 35 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 33 | 30 | 0.9 | 22 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2014 | 23 | 35 | 1.5 | 23 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 73% · Writing 78% · Maths 80% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- County Durham median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 64% | 7% | 105 | 105 |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 12% | 108 | 106 |
| 2022/23 | 74% | 6% | 106 | 105 |
Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Seaview Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.1applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · County DurhamGood20221.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.0applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · County DurhamRemains Good · improving20242.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamImproved significantly20252.2applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamGood20222.7applications per place 94%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20241.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamGood20231.2applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · County DurhamRemains Good20233.6applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 129823 · 840/3520
- Capacity
- 315 pupils · 256 on roll
- Free school meals
- 46.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision and SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2006
- Address
- The Avenue, Deneside, Seaham, SR7 8PD
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources