Whitley Lodge First School

Community school·First school Whitley Bay, North Tyneside·NE26 3HW

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Whitley Lodge First School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. 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

94%

46 first choices, 44 places

First choices per place

1.04

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 44 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.07

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0520220.9320231.0020240.9720251.042026

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

North Tyneside does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Whitley Lodge First School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 259
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

8.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

1.9%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

3.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.5%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

7.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

19.9

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,786

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Valley Gardens Middle School Whitley Bay · 0.8 mi 64.3 Monkseaton Middle School Whitley Bay · 1.1 mi 32.1 Marden Bridge Middle School Whitley Bay · 1.3 mi 63.5 Wellfield Middle School Whitley Bay · 1.4 mi 50.7 Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay Whitley Bay · 1.5 mi 50.6 St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats North Shields · 1.8 mi 62.6 Cullercoats Primary School North Shields · 1.9 mi 49.4 Preston Grange Primary School North Shields · 2.0 mi 58.5

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

Whitley Lodge First School at a glance

Located in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, Whitley Lodge First School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 259 pupils aged 3 to 9.

Competition for places is real here - 94% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (46 first choices for 44 places). Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 19.9 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Whitley Lodge 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.