Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary
Thorpe Road, Horden, Peterlee, SR8 4AB
This school is closed (it closed in December 2025).
It was replaced by Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Ashton
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
- Constituency
- Easington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 119
- Pupils on roll
- 93
- URN
- 114281
- Local authority
- County Durham
About this school
Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in Peterlee. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 93 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 18 | 22 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 32% | 22% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 41% | 22% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 68% | 56% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 56% | 41% | 56% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 99.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | County Durham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 32% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 22% | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 106 |
| 2023/24 | 105 |
| 2024/25 | 93 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 22% | 5.9% | 58.1% | 93 | — |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 99 | 0.0 miles |
| Seascape Primary School | 7% | 10% | 73.8% | 263 | 0.6 miles |
| Cotsford Primary School | 53% | 5% | 62.6% | 181 | 0.9 miles |
| Yohden Primary School | 57% | 6.3% | 42.3% | 182 | 1.1 miles |
| Acre Rigg Academy | 47% | 5.4% | 59% | 257 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.06%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.86%
- Persistent absence
- 16.28%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Peterlee
-
Seascape Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Peterlee
-
Cotsford Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Peterlee
-
Yohden Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Peterlee
-
Acre Rigg Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Peterlee
Other schools in Peterlee
- Acre Rigg Academy Primary
- Acre Rigg Infant School Primary
- Cotsford Primary School Primary
- Dene House Primary School Primary
- Easington CofE Primary School Primary
- Easington Colliery Primary School Primary
- Howletch Lane Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School Primary
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School Primary
- Seascape Primary School Primary
- Shotton Hall Primary School Primary
- Yohden Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary teach?
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in Peterlee.
- Has Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary?
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary had 93 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 22% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2025.