School profile
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Thorpe Road, Horden, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 4AB
Overview
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is a state-funded school (academy sponsor led) in Peterlee, North East, for pupils aged 5–11. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy sponsor led
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Phase of education
- Primary
- Age range
- Ages 5–11
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Religious ethos
- Roman Catholic
- School capacity
- 119
- Pupils on roll
- 99
- URN
- 152108
Admissions
- Local authority
- County Durham
- Academy trust or group
- BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
Official admissions data
Applications & demand
Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.
2026/27 admissions · Reception
- First preferences
- 18
- Total preferences
- 28
- Offers made
- 17
Times the school was named as a family's first preference.
All recorded preference positions for this school.
Offers recorded through coordinated admissions, not physical capacity.
First preferences compared with offers
1.06 first preferences per offer
18 first preferences and 17 offers were recorded for 2026/27.
What does this mean?
This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.
Admissions history
| Admissions year | First preferences | Total preferences | Offers made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 18 | 28 | 17 |
Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 12 November 2024 · Published 11 February 2025
Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
- Early years provision (where applicable)
- Inadequate
Ofsted recorded this school in a category of concern: Special measures. The official report explains what this means and what happens next.
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 28 November 2019 · Published 15 December 2019
Outcome: School remains Good
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Thorpe Road, Horden, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 4AB
- Local authority
- County Durham
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