St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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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St Mary Magdalen's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in SEAHAM, County Durham for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 12 March 2025. County Durham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
St Mary Magdalen's Catholic 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
- Its latest Ofsted outcome, from 12 March 2025, is that it improved significantly, while the 8 nearest primary schools in County Durham are all graded Good.
- Every Reception applicant in 2026 was offered a place, as at 164 of the 200 other County Durham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 28 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 24th highest of 195 County Durham primary schools; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 76% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Dene House Road, St. Mary Magdalene RC Primary School, Dene House Road, SEAHAM, SR7 7BJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- County Durham
- Pupils on roll
- 308 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 12 March 2025
Strengths
- “This nurturing and inspirational school has high expectations for all.”
- “Pupils are happy, safe and enjoy learning.”
- “They attend school regularly and achieve extremely well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 April 2025 (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) | 76% | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 28 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 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ropery Walk Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Seaview Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- New Seaham Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, Seaham 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Westlea Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Ribbon School 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Murton 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published