Seaham High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 3 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
County Durham
Unique reference
147711
Address
Station Road, SR7 0BH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1122 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
2%
Free school meals (FSM)
40.3%
Persistent absence
28.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.8%
Mixed 1.7%
Other White 1.2%
Indian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
African 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 32%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.8
Local authority average 45.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.74
Local authority average 3.82
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award22
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award47
Sports StudiesTechnical Award79
TourismTechnical Award15
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award50
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE92
BiologyGCSE19
ChemistryGCSE19
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Seaham High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
231
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
229
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
25
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
227
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
216
112
104
Year 8
245
121
124
Year 9
226
109
117
Year 10
235
121
114
Year 11
200
104
96
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
81.3%
86.5%
Further education
65.0%
42.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
22.0%
34.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
6.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
7.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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