Seaton Valley High School

Ofsted

–Some aspects not as strong (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “Some aspects not as strong” (no overall grade issued)

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 11 December 2024, published 20 January 2025. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Roughly one first choice per place — 0.95 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2018 entry)

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

• ▲Cramlington Learning Village 4.3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
• ●Whitley Bay High School 4.7 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
• ▲George Stephenson High School 5.3 km · Good (2019) · previous system
• ▲The Blyth Academy 5.7 km · Good (2021) · previous system
• –Monkseaton High School 6.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
• –North Gosforth Academy 6.3 km · No overall grade (2024)

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.