Academy · County Durham
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
- Primary
- Ages 5–11
- Roman Catholic
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow County Durham council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Reception and junior school are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
How many families applied: Reception
For September 2026, 18 families put this school as their first choice, and 17 places were offered. 17 of the families who put it first got a place (94%). More families put it first than there were places.
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
No club is registered with Ofsted at this school's address. Ask the school about breakfast or after-school care, or find clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection, 12 November 2024. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024). It was inspected as Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Early years
- Inadequate
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Pupils
- 99 (capacity 119)
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle
- Academy trust
- BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Phone
- 01915863895
- Address
- Thorpe Road, Horden, Peterlee, SR8 4AB
- Website
- olsots.durham.sch.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.