Ropery Walk Primary School

Community school·Primary school Seaham, County Durham·SR7 7JZ
Composite score
58.2
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#4,463
National rank
#251
In North East
#60
In County Durham
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
31 first choices, 31 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
51
any preference, for 31 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Ropery Walk Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
230
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
5.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,688
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Ropery Walk Primary School

Ropery Walk Primary School is a primary school in Seaham, County Durham, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 230 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 68% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 8.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 30% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Ropery Walk Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 31 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 17.7 pupils per teacher. Ropery Walk Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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