Seaton Delaval First School

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

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Seaton Delaval 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%

28 first choices, 29 places

First choices per place

0.97

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 29 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04

00.511.5

1 per place

0.8620221.0320231.0020240.9320250.972026

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

Every child who put Seaton Delaval 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: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 167
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

30.5%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

5.4%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

13.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

8.4%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

8.0%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

19.5

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,815

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Cragside CofE Controlled Primary School Cramlington · 1.8 mi 57.8 Ss Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary Academy Cramlington · 2.0 mi 53.2 Cramlington Village Primary School Cramlington · 2.1 mi 44.3 Seaton Sluice Middle School Whitley Bay · 2.2 mi 35.7 Hareside Primary School Cramlington · 2.3 mi 59.4 Cramlington Shanklea Primary School Cramlington · 2.4 mi 39.6 Eastlea Primary School Cramlington · 2.5 mi 46.2 Burnside Primary School Cramlington · 2.7 mi 75.3

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

Seaton Delaval First School at a glance

Located in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, Seaton Delaval First School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 167 pupils aged 3 to 9.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Seaton Delaval First School their first choice was offered one of its 29 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. Seaton Delaval 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.