Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Primary school in Peterlee, Durham. No overall grade. Quality of education inadequate (Nov 2024). Special measures.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 12 November 2024, report published 11 February 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Special measures. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This inspection was given to Our Lady Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Inadequate |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around November 2028
The last inspection was in November 2024. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
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Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.