Academy sponsor led · Primary
Peterlee · SR8 4AB · County Durham
Ages 5–11
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 114281
Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary
Voluntary aided school · Peterlee · SR8 4AB
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–11
Pupils
93
Local authority
County Durham
Age range
Ages 5–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 5–11, in Peterlee, County Durham, 93 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 57%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.
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Overview
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Closed
- URN
- 114281
Location
- Address
- Thorpe Road, Horden
- Postcode
- SR8 4AB
- Town
- Peterlee
- County
- County Durham
- Local authority
- County Durham
- District
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Easington
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 16 Jan 2025.
- Pupils on roll
- 93
- Boys / girls
- 41 / 52
- School capacity
- 119
- Capacity fill
- 93 / 119 (78%)
- Free school meals
- 57%
- FSM pupils
- 53
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Ashton
Official links
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 61%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 11%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 99.0