Seabridge Primary School, Newcastle-Under-Lyme

Ofsted's report card from its 3 March 2026 inspection grades Seabridge Primary School on 7 areas: 1 strong standard and 6 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The personal development programme is highly effective, carefully sequenced and threaded purposefully through the curriculum and assemblies."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Over time, pupils achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils enjoy attending Seabridge and are proud to receive certificates for coming to school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have ensured that the curriculum is broad and ambitious."

Early years - Expected standard. "Relationships between children and staff are caring."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have high expectations for every pupil to take part in the full curriculum and achieve well."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "After a turbulent time, leaders, with support from the trust, have brought the school back onto a clear and stable path."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should make sure that staff, including early years practitioners, use the school's teaching approaches consistently so that pupils experience high-quality learning across the curriculum and make even greater gains across different subjects"; "Leaders should ensure that the school's writing approach is carefully implemented so that all pupils secure the skills of handwriting, spelling, grammar and punctuation"; "Leaders should ensure that routines to maintain pupils' focus are applied consistently so that all pupils remain engaged and learning time is used well".

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Seabridge, our motto - "Working together to be the best we can" - sits at the heart of everything we do. We believe that education is a shared journey between children, staff, families, and the wider community, and that by working together we can help every child achieve their full potential."

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Seabridge Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 78% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 77% in Staffordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 87% in reading and 78% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 53 families put Seabridge Primary School as their first choice and 103 named it as one of their preferences, for 54 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Seabridge Primary School are Langdale Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 78% reading, 75% maths); Our Lady and St Werburgh's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 91% reading, 81% maths); Westlands Primary School (0.7 miles, 76% reading, 76% maths); and Co-op Academy Friarswood (0.8 miles, Good, 93% reading, 93% maths).

Seabridge Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Seabridge Primary School is one of 31 schools run by The Shaw Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

92 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Seabridge Primary School (as of April 2026): 82% would recommend the school, 84% say their child is happy there and 37% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (85%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (37%).

12.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 49 pupils (11.2%) received SEN support and 9 (2.1%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Stoke-on-Trent Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Seabridge School (opposite), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Seabridge Primary School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Seabridge Primary School issued 6 suspensions, 1.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Seabridge Primary School are Clayton Hall Academy (0.8 miles), Newcastle Academy (0.8 miles) and St Joseph's College (1.6 miles).