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Seascape Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Community school
Ellison Road, Peterlee SR8 5NJ · seascapeprimary.durham.sch.uk · 0191 586 4186
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jan 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 7%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. County Durham 62%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 263
- 68% of 385 places
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 72.8%
- First language not English
- 7.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 27 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 27 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 7% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across County Durham it was 62%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼7% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼100 | 106 | ||
| ▼94 | 105 | ||
| ▼97 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Seascape Primary School on 13 January 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching: Urgent improvement
- Achievement: Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour: Urgent improvement
- Personal development and well-being: Needs attention
- Early years: Urgent improvement
- Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement
- Inspected
- 13 Jan 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Urgent improvement |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Urgent improvement |
| Personal development and well-being | Needs attention |
| Early years | Urgent improvement |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Other inspections
Report cards, from November 2025
- Jun 2026Monitoring visit
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
56% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (16 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 56%
- Positive
- 43%
- Replies
- 16
- 6% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 100% who raised concerns
based on 8 parents (50%) whose child was bullied
based on 8 parents (50%) with SEND