Seaview Primary School
General Information
- Address: The Avenue, Deneside, Seaham, SR7 8PD – View on map
- Phone: 01915813974
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Paul Gingell
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 20 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 109
- % eligible for free school meals: 46.2%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 7.6% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 75% moved to another school, 25% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across County Durham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 12 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in County Durham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 7.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 23.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for AutismSpeech, language and communicationModerate learning difficultiesOther needs 20 places · 20 pupils at the last count
- Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationModerate learning difficultiesOther needs 20 places · 20 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 27.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 32 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 64% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 69% against an expected 52%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 69%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 73% · Writing 78% · Maths 80% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 75%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 55 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 90th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =90Ribbon School64%
- =90Roseberry Primary and Nursery School64%
- =90Seaview Primary School64%
- =90Shotton Hall Primary School64%
- =90Shotton Primary School64%
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77th of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #75Roseberry Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
- #76Seaham Trinity Primary SchoolGood
- #77Seaview Primary SchoolGood
- #78Sedgefield Primary SchoolGood
- #79Sherburn Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,137 (2024-25)
51st of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #49Langley Park Primary School£9,160
- #50Bearpark Primary School£9,145
- #51Seaview Primary School£9,137
- #52Shotton Primary School£9,095
- #53Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law£9,095
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