Seaburn Dene Primary School

Seaburn Dene Primary School is performing well overall, rated as 'Good' across all key areas, including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school's ethos encourages students to 'dream big, show determination and be respectful and kind,' fostering a harmonious learning environment. Notably, the school demonstrates effective strategies for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they receive tailored support and access to the same curriculum as their peers. This is the first routine inspection since the pandemic, and the school's performance has been positively viewed despite the challenges posed by recent educational disruptions.

Strengths

• Strong ethos promoting respect, kindness, and determination among pupils.
• Effective support strategies for pupils with SEND.
• Well-structured curriculum in most subjects, allowing clear checks on pupil knowledge.
• Positive behaviour and attitudes from pupils in classrooms and during play.
• Governors actively engage with and challenge the school's leaders.
• A wide range of extracurricular activities that enhance pupils' aspirations.

Areas for Improvement

• Some foundation subjects, like music and computing, lack well-structured plans.
• Key knowledge for children's progression from Reception to Year 1 is poorly defined.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Seaburn Dene Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Seaburn Dene Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Seaburn Dene Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.6% of pupils at Seaburn Dene Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Seaburn Dene Primary School received £7,304 and spent £6,819 for each of its 211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £60,000 (£285 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Seaburn Dene Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Seaburn Dene Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Seaburn Dene Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Seaburn Dene Primary School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Seaburn Dene Primary School have?

Seaburn Dene Primary School has 218 pupils on roll.

What age range does Seaburn Dene Primary School cover?

Seaburn Dene Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Seaburn Dene Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Seaburn Dene Primary School?

Seaburn Dene Primary School is at Torver Crescent, Seaburn Dene, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR6 8LG.