Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Northumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 21 January 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 29 January 2020Ungraded 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 entry50 applications · 26 places offered · 25 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.9; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2025 2.1; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2024 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2023 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2022 1.9; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2021 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2020 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2019 2.4; Northumberland median median 1.7
- 2018 1.9; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2017 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2016 2.4; Northumberland median median 1.6
- 2015 1.9; Northumberland median median 1.5
- 2014 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.5
- This school
- Northumberland 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 | 26 | 50 | 1.9 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 19 | 40 | 2.1 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 26 | 53 | 2.0 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 59 | 2.0 | 35 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 36 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2021 | 21 | 42 | 2.0 | 21 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 23 | 41 | 1.8 | 21 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 69 | 2.4 | 40 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2018 | 29 | 54 | 1.9 | 29 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 50 | 1.7 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 26 | 62 | 2.4 | 25 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 | 26 | 50 | 1.9 | 23 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 | 26 | 45 | 1.7 | 23 | 0.88 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Holywell Village First SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place
- 1.8 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good20221.6applications per place
- 2.3 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place
- 2.5 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade20252.4applications per place
- 2.9 km · North Tyneside20262.1applications per place
- 2.9 km · North TynesideGood20222.6applications per place
- 3.0 km · North TynesideGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place
- 3.1 km · North Tyneside20262.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 3.1 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.4applications 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
- 122195 · 929/2091
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 161 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Holywell, Holywell Village, Whitley Bay, NE25 0LN
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources