St Mary Magdalen's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Seaham

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2021. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

St Mary Magdalen's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Seaham

Dene House Road, Seaham SR7 7BJ

https://www.st-marymagdalens.durham.sch.uk/

St Mary Magdalen's Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School, Seaham is a Roman Catholic primary school maintained by the local authority (County Durham). It has about 300 boys and girls aged between 5 and 11. In November 2017 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Attendance, Attainment, Environment and Finances. Relative weaknesses include Admissions and Representation.

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Other schools nearby

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.4		Seaham Trinity Primary School
0.7		Ropery Walk Primary School
0.7		Seaview Primary School
1.0		St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham
1.1		New Seaham Academy
1.2		Westlea Primary School
2.1		St Paul's CofE Primary School
2.2		St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Ryhope
2.4		Ribbon School
2.4		Ryhope Junior School
2.4		Ryhope Infant School Academy
2.6		St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Murton

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Attendance: Excellent. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very low.

Attainment: Excellent. Maths, reading and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) attainment are all excellent. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Environment: Excellent. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very low, while crime is roughly average.

Finances: Above average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Progress: Above average. Progress in maths is excellent, in reading it is above average and in writing it is about average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress in maths is above average. Progress in reading is about average. Progress in writing is below average.

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix is out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is in balance with the local community.

Admissions: Poor. The occupancy rate is very high and the offer rate is very low.

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