Schools in Seaham
Seaham is a coastal town in County Durham with 11 schools, including 9 primaries and one secondary — Seaham High School, which serves pupils across the town and surrounding villages. County Durham Council coordinates admissions and publishes school catchment maps each autumn. Three schools in the area are currently oversubscribed, making early research into catchment boundaries particularly important for families.
Five schools operate as academies, and three carry a faith designation including St Joseph's Catholic Primary School. For non-faith primary schools, County Durham applies straight-line distance as the primary tiebreaker after any looked-after children priority. Families living on the edge of Seaham's catchment may also wish to investigate schools in nearby Houghton-le-Spring or Sunderland.
School demand in Seaham
Across the 10 schools in Seaham with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 91%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
3 schools in Seaham have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
5 of the schools in Seaham are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of County Durham, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
5 of the schools in Seaham have a current Ofsted rating, of which 5 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Seaham: 3 oversubscribed (9)
Ropery Walk Primary School
Primary · Community school
Seaham · SR7 7JZ
Westlea Primary School
Primary · Community school
Seaham · SR7 8JU
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Murton
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Seaham · SR7 9RD
Seaview Primary School
Primary · Community school
Seaham · SR7 8PD
Seaham Trinity Primary School
Primary · Community school
Seaham · SR7 7SP
Ribbon School
Primary · Academy converter
Seaham · SR7 9QR
New Seaham Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Seaham · SR7 0HX
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham
Primary · Academy converter
Seaham · SR7 0HW
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
SEAHAM · SR7 7BJ
Secondary Schools in Seaham (1)
Other Schools in Seaham (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Seaham are set by County Durham and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.