Holywell Village First School

Community school·First school Whitley Bay, Northumberland·NE25 0LN

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Holywell Village 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

100%

25 first choices, 26 places

First choices per place

0.96

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 26 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04

00.511.5

1 per place

1.2020221.1720230.9620241.0020250.962026

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

Every child who put Holywell Village 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 157
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

16.1%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.2%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

8.9%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

8.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

24.5

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,576

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Seaton Sluice Middle School Whitley Bay · 1.7 mi 35.7 Cragside CofE Controlled Primary School Cramlington · 2.9 mi 57.8 Cramlington Village Primary School Cramlington · 3.2 mi 44.3 Ss Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary Academy Cramlington · 3.2 mi 53.2 New Delaval Primary School Blyth · 3.4 mi 28.0 Newsham Primary School Blyth · 3.4 mi 32.6 Hareside Primary School Cramlington · 3.4 mi 59.4 Cramlington Shanklea Primary School Cramlington · 3.5 mi 39.6

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 Holywell Village First School

Holywell Village First School is a primary school in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 157 pupils aged 3 to 9 attend the school.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Holywell Village First School their first choice was offered one of its 26 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 24.5 pupils per teacher. Holywell Village 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.