Ropery Walk Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Seaham, County Durham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Durham County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
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Ropery Walk Primary School is a primary school in Seaham, County Durham for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Ropery Walk Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 drew 31 first-choice applications for 31 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 68% was the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
- There are 16.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.1 across the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other County Durham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Ropery Walk, Seaham, SR7 7JZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 219 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 13 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Ropery Walk Primary School say that they are happy and safe here.”
- “One pupil said, ‘Nothing at school makes me feel unsafe, we have great teachers and more!”
- “Others agree that they feel this way.”
To improve
- “In the outdoors, curriculum intent is supported for children’s physical development, but less so for literacy, mathematics and communication and language.”
- “There is further work to do to refine the checks that are made on what pupils know and can do.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 68% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 31 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 31 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in County Durham.
- Seaham Trinity Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Seaview Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham 1.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- New Seaham Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Westlea Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ribbon School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Murton 2.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published