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Seaton Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
High Seaton, Workington CA14 1NP · seatonacademy.co.uk · 0190066982
On the mapSearch near CA14 1NP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 197
- 82% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.9%
- First language not English
- 0%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Seaton Academy
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 35 families put the school first and 35 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 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 63 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 48 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 64 | 64 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Seaton Academy on 23 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 23 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Dec 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Dec 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Sept 2022Inadequate
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (58 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 58
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 57% who raised concerns
based on the 12% who had a child bullied