Whitehouse Primary School

Whitehouse Primary School at a glance

Located in North Shields, North Tyneside, Whitehouse Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as an academy sponsor led. The school educates roughly 159 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Inadequate' at its most recent inspection. 29% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 100 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 63% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Whitehouse Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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 further down the page.