Primary
Seascape Primary School
Ellison Road, Peterlee, SR8 5NJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 263 of 385 places
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Nursery
- Yes
Ofsted
Last inspected January 2026
- AchievementUrgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
- Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
- Early yearsUrgent improvement
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
September 2021
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SATs results
7%
100.0
10th of 10 by our score, among the primary schools in Peterlee we can score - 12 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 94 |
| Average reading score | 100 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 7% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 27% |
| 24/25 | 7% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 94.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 95.0 |
| 23/24 | 99.0 |
| 24/25 | 94.0 |
Ellison Road, Peterlee, SR8 5NJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
County Durham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- David Christie
- Address
- Ellison Road, Peterlee, SR8 5NJ
- Telephone
- 01915864186