Graded inspection · Nov 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 | Inadequate | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate | |||
| Early years provision | Inadequate |
Inspection history
- 12 November 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade · as Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary, URN 114281
- 28 November 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains Good · as Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary, URN 114281
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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 entry28 applications · 17 places offered · 18 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9
- 2025 1.4; County Durham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2024 1.4; County Durham median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 1.5; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2022 1.4; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2021 1.7; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.8; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.1; County Durham median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2018 1.9; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2017 2.4; County Durham median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 1.4; County Durham median median 1.5; as the previous school
- 2015 1.3; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.0; County Durham median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- County Durham median
Dashed bars: as Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary (URN 114281), the previous school.
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 | 17 | 28 | 1.7 | 18 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2025 * | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 6 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2024 * | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 * | 17 | 25 | 1.5 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 * | 14 | 19 | 1.4 | 14 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 15 | 25 | 1.7 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 13 | 23 | 1.8 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 * | 12 | 17 | 1.4 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 16 | 20 | 1.3 | 16 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 * | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 10 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSpecial measures Graded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place
- 0.9 km · County DurhamSpecial measures 20261.4applications per place 7%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · County DurhamGood20242.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · County DurhamGood20232.1applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · County DurhamRemains Good202347%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · County Durham20261.9applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · County Durham20261.9applications per place
- 1.9 km · County DurhamGood20231.4applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · County DurhamGood20232.1applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
- 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 152108 · 840/2026
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 119 pupils · 99 on roll
- Free school meals
- 52.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2026
- Replaced
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary (URN 114281)
- Address
- Thorpe Road, Horden, Peterlee, SR8 4AB
- Local authority
- County Durham
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources