St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham
General Information
- Address: Mill Road, Seaham, SR7 0HW – View on map
- Phone: 01915813090
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Nicola Noble
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 23 families put it first for 23 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 23 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: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 40
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.4%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 4% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 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: 75% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 13 percentage points above the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 81% against an expected 55%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 81%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 92% · Writing 75% · Maths 92% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 92%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 109
- Based on: 24 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 36th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =32Wolsingham Primary School76%
- =36Greenland Community Primary School75%
- =36St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham75%
- =38All Saints' Catholic Primary School, Lanchester74%
- =38Cestria Primary School74%
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93rd of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #91St Charles' Catholic Primary School, TudhoeGood
- #92St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Chester-Le-StreetGood
- #93St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, SeahamGood
- #94St Francis Horndale CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #95St Godric's Catholic Primary School, DurhamGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,682 (2024-25)
146th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #144Hartside Primary Academy£6,738
- #145Newker Primary School£6,729
- #146St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham£6,682
- #147Tanfield Lea Community Primary School£6,681
- #148Framwellgate Moor Primary School£6,638
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