Graded inspection · Jul 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary 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 |
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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 entry244 applications · 195 places offered · 177 named it first
- 2026 1.3; County Durham median median 1.8
- 2025 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2024 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2023 1.3; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2022 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2021 1.2; County Durham median median 2.0
- 2020 1.2; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.4; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.2; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2017 1.2; County Durham median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2016 1.1; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.1; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2014 1.1; County Durham median median 1.4; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Seaham High School (URN 114286), the previous school.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 195 | 244 | 1.3 | 177 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2025 | 211 | 270 | 1.3 | 208 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2024 | 231 | 286 | 1.2 | 229 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 207 | 259 | 1.3 | 196 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 238 | 343 | 1.4 | 272 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2021 | 213 | 265 | 1.2 | 204 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 * | 232 | 288 | 1.2 | 230 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2019 * | 208 | 281 | 1.4 | 205 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 * | 216 | 257 | 1.2 | 211 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 * | 199 | 231 | 1.2 | 196 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 * | 235 | 249 | 1.1 | 227 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 * | 157 | 173 | 1.1 | 155 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2014 * | 139 | 151 | 1.1 | 139 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 201 | 47.8 | 48% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 219 | 45.8 | 40% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | 200 | 43.0 | 36% | 57% | −0.43 |
| 2022/23 | 220 | 47.8 | 39% | 65% | −0.26 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Seaham High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.3applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · SunderlandSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 43.1Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · Sunderland20261.3applications per place 46.2Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · SunderlandRemains Good20221.7applications per place 46.8Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · SunderlandGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 53.6Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · County DurhamGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 6.6 km · SunderlandGood20241.6applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · SunderlandGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · Sunderland20251.4applications per place 41.1Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147711 · 840/4019
- Trust
- Eden Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,095 on roll
- Free school meals
- 42.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Replaced
- Seaham High School (URN 114286)
- Address
- Station Road, Seaham, SR7 0BH
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources