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South Wellfield First School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 345Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 108588URN

Otterburn Avenue, South Wellfield, Whitley Bay, NE25 9QL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
0.5 above North Tyneside median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in North Tyneside

137 applications for 60 places · 16th of 50 in North Tyneside
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 8 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 8 October 2024
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 9 June 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
2.3applications per place, Reception
0.5 above North Tyneside median (1.8) close to England median (2.2)

137 applications · 60 places offered · 70 named it first

  1. 2026 2.3; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.9; North Tyneside median median 1.7
  3. 2024 2.1; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  4. 2023 2.4; North Tyneside median median 1.9
  5. 2022 1.7; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.8; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.1; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.7; North Tyneside median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.8; North Tyneside median median 1.9
  10. 2017 2.0; North Tyneside median median 2.0
  11. 2016 1.8; North Tyneside median median 1.8
  12. 2015 2.3; North Tyneside median median 1.9
  13. 2014 1.8; North Tyneside median median 2.0
  • 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 2026601372.3701.17
Sep 2025601161.9621.03
Sep 202444902.1420.95
Sep 2023601462.4731.22
Sep 2022601001.7560.93
Sep 2021611091.8611.00
Sep 2020591232.1570.97
Sep 2019581001.7520.90
Sep 201854951.8420.78
Sep 2017601202.0560.93
Sep 2016601091.8470.78
Sep 2015601352.3651.08
Sep 2014581041.8480.83

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
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
108588 · 392/2055
Capacity
300 pupils · 345 on roll
Free school meals
4.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Otterburn Avenue, South Wellfield, Whitley Bay, NE25 9QL
Local authority
North Tyneside

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