Appletree Gardens First School

Foundation school·First school Whitley Bay, North Tyneside·NE25 8XS

School type

First school

Ages 2–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Appletree Gardens First School is a first school for pupils aged 2–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

38 first choices, 40 places

First choices per place

0.95

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 40 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9120220.9820230.9520240.9420250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Appletree Gardens First School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 2–9
Pupils on roll: 345
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

32.7%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

7.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

12.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.7%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

15.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.8

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,951

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Monkseaton Middle School Whitley Bay · 0.1 mi 32.1 Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay Whitley Bay · 0.3 mi 50.6 Marden Bridge Middle School Whitley Bay · 0.5 mi 63.5 Valley Gardens Middle School Whitley Bay · 0.7 mi 64.3 St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats North Shields · 0.7 mi 62.6 Preston Grange Primary School North Shields · 0.7 mi 58.5 Monkhouse Primary School North Shields · 1.0 mi 63.6 Wellfield Middle School Whitley Bay · 1.1 mi 50.7

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Appletree Gardens First School

Appletree Gardens First School is a primary school in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 345 pupils aged 2 to 9 attend the school.

Appletree Gardens First School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 38 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 21.8 pupils per teacher. Appletree Gardens First School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.