Graded inspection · Jan 2023 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry84 applications · 69 places offered · 69 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.2; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 1.2; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 1.3; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 1.2; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 1.1; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 1.1; 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 | 69 | 84 | 1.2 | 69 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 57 | 69 | 1.2 | 57 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 56 | 65 | 1.2 | 56 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 47 | 62 | 1.3 | 45 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 45 | 56 | 1.2 | 45 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 40 | 53 | 1.3 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 50 | 66 | 1.3 | 49 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 68 | 87 | 1.3 | 68 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 67 | 79 | 1.2 | 65 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 42 | 53 | 1.3 | 39 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2016 | 58 | 72 | 1.2 | 57 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2015 | 85 | 94 | 1.1 | 85 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 75 | 82 | 1.1 | 70 | 0.93 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 73% · Writing 77% · Maths 78% → 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% | 11% | 106 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 11% | 106 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 65% | 8% | 106 | 107 |
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
- Ribbon SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.2applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 0.5 km · County DurhamRemains Good20233.6applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamGood20242.1applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · County DurhamGood20221.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · County DurhamGood20231.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · County DurhamRemains Good · improving20242.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · County DurhamGood20222.7applications per place 94%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · SunderlandRemains Good20231.2applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.0applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138633 · 840/3517
- Trust
- Ribbon Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 478 pupils · 514 on roll
- Free school meals
- 41.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Murton Community Primary School (URN 134856)
- Address
- Barnes Road, Murton, Seaham, SR7 9QR
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources