Sea View Primary School
Norham Avenue North, Horsley Hill Community Campus, South Shields, NE34 7TD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Joanne Weightman
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- South Shields
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 472
- Pupils on roll
- 366
- URN
- 134230
- Local authority
- South Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01914274343
About this school
Sea View Primary School is a community primary school in South Shields. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 366 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 58 | 52 | 61 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 67% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 6% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 75% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 85% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 87% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.50 | - | - |
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 Sea View 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 | South Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67% | 60.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 59.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 60.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 430 |
| 2023/24 | 421 |
| 2024/25 | 405 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sea View Primary School compares
Sea View Primary School ranked 24th of 38 primary schools in South Tyneside for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 7% | 56.7% | 366 | — |
| St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields | 70% | 3.8% | 7.2% | 211 | 0.3 miles |
| Harton Primary School | 70% | 6.2% | 40.2% | 636 | 0.7 miles |
| Westoe Crown Primary School | 64% | 4.9% | 26.6% | 636 | 0.9 miles |
| Mortimer Primary School | 54% | 4.5% | 11.8% | 588 | 1.0 miles |
| Ridgeway Primary Academy | 51% | 6.8% | 49.6% | 452 | 1.3 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)
- 56.72%
- English as an additional language
- 4.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.99%
- Persistent absence
- 21.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Gregory's Catholic Primary School, South Shields0.3 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
Harton Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
Westoe Crown Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
Mortimer Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · South Shields
-
Ridgeway Primary Academy1.3 miles
Primary · South Shields
Other schools in South Shields
Sea View Primary School ranks 12th of the 18 ranked primary schools in South Shields.
- Ashley Academy Primary
- Biddick Hall Infants' School Primary
- Biddick Hall Junior School Primary
- Forest View Primary Primary
- Hadrian Primary School Primary
- Harton Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Academy (South Shields) Primary
- Laygate Community School Primary
- Lord Blyton Primary School Primary
- Marine Park Primary School Primary
- Monkton Academy Primary
- Monkton Infants' School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Sea View Primary School teach?
- Sea View Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in South Shields.
- Who is the head teacher of Sea View Primary School?
- The head teacher of Sea View Primary School is Mrs Joanne Weightman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sea View Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sea View 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 big is Sea View Primary School?
- Sea View Primary School has 366 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Sea View Primary School full?
- Sea View Primary School has capacity for 472 pupils and 366 on roll (78%), 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 Sea View Primary School a faith school?
- No. Sea View Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sea View Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Sea View Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Sea View Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sea View Primary School rank locally?
- Sea View Primary School ranked 24th of 38 primary schools in South Tyneside for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sea View Primary School's absence rate?
- Sea View Primary School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sea View Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sea View 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.