Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Peterlee

Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2026, as Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary (URN 114281), 22% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 56% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 18 families put Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 28 named it as one of their preferences, for 17 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School are Seascape Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 33% reading, 11% maths); Seascape Academy (0.6 miles); Cotsford Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 74% reading, 79% maths); and Yohden Primary School (1 mile, Good, 62% reading, 62% maths).

Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is one of 31 schools run by Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

52.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 7.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 28 pupils (28.3%) received SEN support and 2 (2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Horden, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Crossroads (n-bound), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 3rd decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 265 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, criminal damage and arson and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in County Durham (84), as is usual near a town centre.

The secondary schools closest to Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School are Dene Academy (1 mile), Easington Academy (1.4 miles) and St Bede's Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College (1.5 miles).