Graded inspection · Oct 2022 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 | 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 entry59 applications · 22 places offered · 21 named it first
- 2026 2.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 3.3; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2024 2.8; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2023 2.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 2.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 3.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2020 2.6; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2019 2.7; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2018 2.5; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2017 3.1; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2016 2.7; County Durham median median 1.5
- 2015 3.1; County Durham median median 1.6
- 2014 2.4; 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 | 22 | 59 | 2.7 | 21 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 20 | 65 | 3.3 | 20 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 21 | 59 | 2.8 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 35 | 85 | 2.4 | 38 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2022 | 32 | 73 | 2.3 | 32 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 29 | 89 | 3.1 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 39 | 101 | 2.6 | 41 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2019 | 38 | 104 | 2.7 | 47 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2018 | 38 | 96 | 2.5 | 44 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2017 | 37 | 113 | 3.1 | 64 | 1.73 |
| Sep 2016 | 38 | 103 | 2.7 | 42 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2015 | 35 | 107 | 3.1 | 60 | 1.71 |
| Sep 2014 | 38 | 91 | 2.4 | 48 | 1.26 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 97% · Writing 97% · Maths 94% → all three 94% 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 | 94% | 29% | 110 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 14% | 107 | 107 |
| 2022/23 | 83% | 20% | 108 | 108 |
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
- New Seaham AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.7applications per place 94%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · County DurhamRemains Good · improving20242.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · County DurhamGood20221.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamGood20242.1applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · County DurhamImproved significantly20252.2applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · County DurhamRemains Good20232.0applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · SunderlandStandards maintained20252.5applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · County DurhamStandards maintained20241.7applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
- 2.8 km · SunderlandGood20241.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138826 · 840/2023
- Trust
- New Seaham Academy
- Capacity
- 266 pupils · 216 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2012
- Replaced
- New Seaham Primary School (URN 113996)
- Address
- Byron Terrace, Seaham, SR7 0HX
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources