Primary school

Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 5–11
  • Roman Catholic
  • Durham
  • SR8 4AB
Ofsted areas (no overall grade) · inspected Nov 2024

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 14,876 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 99%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 49%49%2016/17: top 24%24% · 2016/172017/18: top 72%2018/19: top 36%2022/23: top 51%2023/24: top 97%2024/25: top 99%No exams

Against North East

Expected standard, RWM22% · North East 67%Small cohort: 9 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM0% · North East 8%Small cohort: 9 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score99 · North East 105Small cohort: 9 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score101 · North East 105Small cohort: 9 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 56% · 16 pupils · North East 58%2016/17: 75% · 8 pupils · North East 68%2017/18: 58% · 12 pupils · North East 72%2018/19: 72% · 18 pupils · North East 69%2022/23: 61% · 18 pupils · North East 65%2023/24: 32% · 22 pupils · North East 64%2024/25: 22% · 9 pupils · North East 67%75%22%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 16 pupils · North East 5%2016/17: 0% · 8 pupils · North East 7%2017/18: 0% · 12 pupils · North East 10%2018/19: 17% · 18 pupils · North East 10%2022/23: 11% · 18 pupils · North East 7%2023/24: 0% · 22 pupils · North East 6%2024/25: 0% · 9 pupils · North East 8%17%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 103 · 16 pupils · North East 1032016/17: 106 · 8 pupils · North East 1042017/18: 102 · 12 pupils · North East 1062018/19: 107 · 18 pupils · North East 1052022/23: 102 · 18 pupils · North East 1052023/24: 99 · 22 pupils · North East 1052024/25: 99 · 9 pupils · North East 10510799No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 103 · 16 pupils · North East 1032016/17: 102 · 8 pupils · North East 1052017/18: 101 · 12 pupils · North East 1052018/19: 104 · 18 pupils · North East 1052022/23: 103 · 18 pupils · North East 1042023/24: 102 · 22 pupils · North East 1042024/25: 101 · 9 pupils · North East 105104101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in94.4%
17 of 18 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 94.4%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1817
2nd30
3rd70

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2024

  • Personal developmentGood
  • Quality of educationInadequate
  • Behaviour and attitudesGood
  • Early years provisionInadequate
  • Leadership and managementInadequate
  • SafeguardingEffective
  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2011Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2016Goodas predecessor
  5. 2019Remains Goodas predecessor
  6. 2024Lowest Inadequateas predecessor

inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 202699
Free school meals (past 6 years)58.1%
First language not English4.3%
SEN support15.1%
EHC plan3.2%
Absence (sessions missed)5.9%
Persistently absent pupils16.3%

Girls 55.9%Boys 44.1%

83.2% full · 119 places

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Not in the latest school workforce census

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