Monkseaton High School

Foundation school·Secondary school Whitley Bay, North Tyneside·NE25 9EQ
Composite score
51.2
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#2,382
National rank
#110
In North East
#10
In North Tyneside
Top 75%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
41.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
34%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
53%
% EBacc grade 5+
12%
EBacc average points score
3.57

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

School profile

Age range
13–18
Pupils on roll
481
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
6.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
31.8%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,416
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
86%
104 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
74%
Apprenticeship
10%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Monkseaton High School at a glance

Located in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, Monkseaton High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 481 pupils aged 13 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 41.0, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.7 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

34% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 53% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. After Year 11, 86% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.6%. There are about 15.2 pupils per teacher. Monkseaton High 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.

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