Seascape Primary School
Ellison Road, Peterlee, SR8 5NJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr David Christie
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Easington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 385
- Pupils on roll
- 263
- URN
- 133701
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01915864186
About this school
Seascape Primary School is a community primary school in Peterlee. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 263 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Seascape Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Early years
- Urgent improvement
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 33 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 27% | 7% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 27% | 45% | 33% |
| Expected standard in maths | 27% | 55% | 11% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 31% | 48% | 33% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 94.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 95.0 | 99.0 | 94.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | - | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - | - |
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 Seascape Primary 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 | County Durham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 27% | 58.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 60% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 264 |
| 2023/24 | 287 |
| 2024/25 | 267 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Seascape Primary School compares
Seascape Primary School ranked 185th of 185 primary schools in County Durham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 4% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 7% | 10% | 73.8% | 263 | — |
| Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | 99 | 0.6 miles |
| Dene House Primary School | 59% | 7.1% | 56.5% | 303 | 0.6 miles |
| Cotsford Primary School | 53% | 5% | 62.6% | 181 | 0.7 miles |
| Yohden Primary School | 57% | 6.3% | 42.3% | 182 | 0.8 miles |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School | 74% | 5.8% | 50.8% | 191 | 0.8 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 28 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 73.82%
- English as an additional language
- 6%
- Overall absence
- 10%
- Persistent absence
- 29.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Peterlee
-
Dene House Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Peterlee
-
Cotsford Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Peterlee
-
Yohden Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Peterlee
-
Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Peterlee
Other schools in Peterlee
Seascape Primary School ranks 10th of the 10 ranked primary 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
- Shotton Hall Primary School Primary
- Yohden Primary School Primary
- Horden Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What ages does Seascape Primary School teach?
- Seascape Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Peterlee.
- Who is the headteacher of Seascape Primary School?
- The headteacher of Seascape Primary School is Mr David Christie, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Seascape Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Seascape Primary 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 many pupils are at Seascape Primary School?
- Seascape Primary School has 263 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Seascape Primary School full?
- Seascape Primary School has capacity for 385 pupils and 263 on roll (68%), 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 Seascape Primary School a faith school?
- No. Seascape Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Seascape Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Seascape Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Seascape Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 7% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Seascape Primary School compare with other schools in County Durham?
- Seascape Primary School ranked 185th of 185 primary schools in County Durham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 4% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Seascape Primary School's absence rate?
- Seascape Primary School's overall absence rate is 10% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Seascape Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Seascape Primary 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 1 July 2026.