Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in North Tyneside
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 12 May 2026Report card · 7 Strong standard
- 15 June 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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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 entry94 applications · 44 places offered · 46 named it first
- 2026 2.1; North Tyneside median median 1.8
- 2025 2.5; North Tyneside median median 1.7
- 2024 2.3; North Tyneside median median 1.8
- 2023 2.8; North Tyneside median median 1.9
- 2022 2.5; North Tyneside median median 1.8
- 2021 2.2; North Tyneside median median 1.8
- 2020 2.5; North Tyneside median median 1.8
- 2019 2.4; North Tyneside median median 1.9
- 2018 2.4; North Tyneside median median 1.9
- 2017 2.4; North Tyneside median median 2.0
- 2016 2.5; North Tyneside median median 1.8
- 2015 2.4; North Tyneside median median 1.9
- 2014 2.2; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 44 | 94 | 2.1 | 46 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2025 | 36 | 90 | 2.5 | 35 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 40 | 91 | 2.3 | 40 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 45 | 124 | 2.8 | 42 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 43 | 108 | 2.5 | 45 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2021 | 44 | 96 | 2.2 | 49 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2020 | 39 | 97 | 2.5 | 36 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2019 | 45 | 110 | 2.4 | 60 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2018 | 45 | 110 | 2.4 | 47 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2017 | 44 | 107 | 2.4 | 43 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 45 | 114 | 2.5 | 53 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2015 | 45 | 110 | 2.4 | 48 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 | 45 | 101 | 2.2 | 55 | 1.22 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Whitley Lodge First SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.1applications per place
- 0.7 km · North TynesideGraded · no overall grade20253.6applications per place
- 0.8 km · North TynesideGood20222.6applications per place
- 1.4 km · North Tyneside20262.4applications per place
- 2.1 km · North TynesideRemains Good20241.9applications per place
- 2.3 km · North Tyneside20261.9applications per place
- 2.3 km · North TynesideGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place
- 2.5 km · North TynesideRemains Good20241.6applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 2.6 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place
- 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
- 108600 · 392/2074
- Capacity
- 230 pupils · 250 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Woodburn Drive, Whitley Bay, NE26 3HW
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources