Seabridge Primary School

Seabridge Primary School is performing well, demonstrating a strong standard in various areas of education and personal development. The school has a robust safeguarding culture that ensures the safety and well-being of its pupils. Leaders have effectively implemented a broad and ambitious curriculum, allowing pupils to achieve well as they prepare for secondary school. While most pupils reach national expectations in reading, writing, and mathematics, some concern exists regarding the consistency of teaching approaches, particularly in writing, which needs further reinforcement to ensure all pupils achieve their potential.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding standards met
• Highly effective personal development program
• Pupils exhibit courtesy and maturity in interactions
• Well-planned pastoral support for pupils' wellbeing
• Effective curriculum promoting broad knowledge acquisition
• Leaders proactively monitor and adapt teaching strategies
• School engages pupils in meaningful leadership opportunities
• High staff morale and professional development

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent teaching leading to variable outcomes
• Writing skills requiring additional support for some pupils
• Need for more engagement strategies to maintain focus in lessons

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 Seabridge Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.9% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Seabridge 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 Seabridge Primary School had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.4% 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, 11.2% of pupils at Seabridge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 2024–25 Seabridge Primary School received £6,336 and spent £6,408 for each of its 429 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £399,000 (£930 per pupil).

Across all 30 schools of The Shaw Education Trust, income was £11,108 and spending £10,954 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Newcastle-Under-Lyme · Staffordshire local authority: places and applications

Seabridge Primary School is part of The Shaw Education Trust, which runs 30 schools. The nearest others:

• Coppice Academy Newcastle
• Blackfriars Academy Newcastle-Under-Lyme
• The Orme Academy Newcastle
• The Meadows Primary Academy Stoke-On-Trent
• Waterside Primary School Stoke-On-Trent
• The Meadows Primary School Crewe
• Madeley High School Crewe
• Portland School Stoke-On-Trent
• Kidsgrove Secondary School Stoke-On-Trent
• Kidsgrove Primary School Stoke-On-Trent

What is Seabridge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Seabridge Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Seabridge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Seabridge Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Seabridge Primary School have?

Seabridge Primary School has 436 pupils on roll.

What age range does Seabridge Primary School cover?

Seabridge Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Seabridge Primary School?

Seabridge Primary School is at Roe Lane, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 3PJ.