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Rockcliffe First School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 244Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 108583URN

Grafton Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 2NR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
0.7 above North Tyneside median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Tyneside

74 applications for 30 places · 6th of 50 in North Tyneside
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 7 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.5applications per place, Reception
0.7 above North Tyneside median (1.8) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

74 applications · 30 places offered · 31 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.8; North Tyneside median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.0; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.3; North Tyneside median median 1.9
  5. 2022 2.3; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.1; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.5; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.0; North Tyneside median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.2; North Tyneside median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.3; North Tyneside median median 2.0
  11. 2016 2.1; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.3; North Tyneside median median 1.9
  13. 2014 2.1; North Tyneside median median 2.0
More applications per place than the North Tyneside median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • North Tyneside median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630742.5311.03
Sep 202545831.8501.11
Sep 202445902.0491.09
Sep 2023451022.3491.09
Sep 2022441022.3501.14
Sep 202145932.1491.09
Sep 2020451142.5501.11
Sep 201945922.0591.31
Sep 2018451012.2571.27
Sep 2017451032.3511.13
Sep 201645932.1461.02
Sep 2015451052.3561.24
Sep 201445962.1430.96

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
108583 · 392/2041
Trust
The North Tyneside Learning Trust
Capacity
251 pupils · 244 on roll
Free school meals
8.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Grafton Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 2NR
Local authority
North Tyneside

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources