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Seaton Sluice First School

  • 3–9Ages
  • 187Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 122234URN

Granville Avenue, Seaton Sluice, Whitley Bay, NE26 4BX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 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
2.4per place
0.9 above Northumberland median (1.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Northumberland

66 applications for 27 places · 7th of 65 in Northumberland
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 4 March 2025Ofsted'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 attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 4 March 2025
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 27 November 2019
    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
2.4applications per place, Reception
0.9 above Northumberland median (1.5) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

66 applications · 27 places offered · 30 named it first

  1. 2026 2.4; Northumberland median median 1.5
  2. 2025 2.3; Northumberland median median 1.6
  3. 2024 2.7; Northumberland median median 1.6
  4. 2023 2.7; Northumberland median median 1.5
  5. 2022 2.2; Northumberland median median 1.6
  6. 2021 2.4; Northumberland median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.7; Northumberland median median 1.6
  8. 2019 3.0; Northumberland median median 1.7
  9. 2018 2.8; Northumberland median median 1.6
  10. 2017 2.2; Northumberland median median 1.5
  11. 2016 2.0; Northumberland median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.5
More applications per place than the Northumberland median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202627662.4301.11
Sep 202524552.3220.92
Sep 202427722.7291.07
Sep 202330822.7290.97
Sep 202229642.2260.90
Sep 202130722.4331.10
Sep 202030802.7341.13
Sep 201930893.0331.10
Sep 201830842.8280.93
Sep 201730662.2240.80
Sep 201627552.0260.96
Sep 201529451.6280.97
Sep 201421371.8190.90

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
122234 · 929/2268
Capacity
190 pupils · 187 on roll
Free school meals
8.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Granville Avenue, Seaton Sluice, Whitley Bay, NE26 4BX
Local authority
Northumberland

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