Seaton Valley High School
Prospect Avenue, Seaton Delaval, NE25 0FW
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 13 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Alan Rogers
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Federation
- Seaton Valley Federation
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 821
- Pupils on roll
- 656
- URN
- 122374
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01912371505
About this school
Seaton Valley High School is a community secondary school in Seaton Delaval. It teaches children aged 13 to 18 and has 656 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 11 December 2024, where inspectors found some aspects are not as strong as at the previous inspection. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 141 | 144 | 144 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.3 | 41.2 | 43.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.35 -0.59 to -0.12 | -0.23 -0.47 to 0.00 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 35.4% | 34% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 59.7% | 58.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 2% | 10.4% | 16.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Seaton Valley High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Northumberland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.3 | 35.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.2 | 36.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.2 | 35.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 563 |
| 2023/24 | 605 |
| 2024/25 | 627 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Seaton Valley High School compares
Seaton Valley High School ranked 11th of 16 secondary schools in Northumberland for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.2 | 10.2% | 33.1% | 656 | — |
| Cramlington Learning Village | 46.7 | 9% | 23.7% | 1,989 | 2.7 miles |
| Whitley Bay High School | 54.2 | 6.7% | 9.7% | 1,797 | 2.9 miles |
| George Stephenson High School | 48 | 9.1% | 27.5% | 1,233 | 3.3 miles |
| The Blyth Academy | 49.2 | 10.4% | 50.4% | 766 | 3.5 miles |
| Monkseaton High School | 41 | 12.7% | 31.1% | 155 | 3.8 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)
- 33.11%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- Overall absence
- 10.22%
- Persistent absence
- 26.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cramlington Learning Village2.7 miles
Secondary · Cramlington
-
Whitley Bay High School2.9 miles
Secondary · Whitley Bay
-
George Stephenson High School3.3 miles
Secondary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
The Blyth Academy3.5 miles
Secondary · Blyth
-
Monkseaton High School3.8 miles
Secondary · Whitley Bay
Common questions
- What year groups does Seaton Valley High School teach?
- Seaton Valley High School teaches children aged 13 to 18. It is a secondary school in Seaton Delaval.
- Who is the headteacher of Seaton Valley High School?
- The headteacher of Seaton Valley High School is Mr Alan Rogers, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Seaton Valley High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Seaton Valley High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Seaton Valley High School?
- Seaton Valley High School has 656 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 13 to 18.
- Is Seaton Valley High School full?
- Seaton Valley High School has capacity for 821 pupils and 656 on roll (80%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Seaton Valley High School a faith school?
- No. Seaton Valley High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Seaton Valley High School a selective school?
- No. Seaton Valley High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Seaton Valley High School?
- Seaton Valley High School is part of the Seaton Valley Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Seaton Valley High School have?
- The schools register lists Seaton Valley High School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Seaton Valley High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.3 in 2022/23 and 43.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Seaton Valley High School rank locally?
- Seaton Valley High School ranked 11th of 16 secondary schools in Northumberland for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Seaton Valley High School's absence rate?
- Seaton Valley High School's overall absence rate is 10.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Seaton Valley High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Seaton Valley High School'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 30 June 2026.