Sea View Primary School

Sea View Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all inspected areas. The school is characterized by strong trusting relationships and exceptional pastoral care, which help pupils feel safe and happy. The school's commitment to setting high expectations for all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, is noteworthy. The curriculum developed is ambitious and engaging, and pupils thrive in a supportive environment. However, some variability in the early years provision and assessment procedures in certain subjects have been identified as areas needing improvement.

Strengths

• Strong trusting relationships and exceptional pastoral care.
• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Engaging and ambitious curriculum across subjects.
• Effective support for positive behavior and play.
• Well-resourced and vibrant early years provision.
• Inclusive environment promoting respect for diversity.
• Regular checks on pupil progress to adapt teaching.

Areas for Improvement

• Variability in planned activities and adult interactions in early years.
• Assessment procedures are not well established in some foundation subjects.

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 Sea View Primary School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.1% 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, 3.0% of pupils at Sea View Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Sea View Primary School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 33.1% of pupils at Sea View Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.8% 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 Sea View Primary School received £8,894 and spent £9,833 for each of its 355 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £328,000 (-£924 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 Sea View Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sea View Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Sea View Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sea View Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Sea View Primary School have?

Sea View Primary School has 366 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sea View Primary School cover?

Sea View Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Sea View Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sea View Primary School?

Sea View Primary School is at Norham Avenue North, Horsley Hill Community Campus, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE34 7TD.