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St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Mill Road, Seaham SR7 0HW · stcuthbertsprimary.com · 0191 581 3090
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improving
- Ungraded inspection · May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 75%
- 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
- 206
- 98% of 210 places
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 19.4%
- First language not English
- 2.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 23 families put the school first and 23 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 | 23 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 30 | 1▲ | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% 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 | |||
| ▲75% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 114235)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 23 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham was: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next.
- Outcome
- Improving
- Inspected
- 22 May 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 114235), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114235)
Before September 2019
May 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114235)
Jan 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114235)
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (20 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 20
- 10% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 55% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied