School admissions in Whitley Bay
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
13 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places |
|---|---|---|
| South Wellfield First School | 1.17 | 60 |
| Seaton Sluice First School | 1.11 | 27 |
| Langley First School | 1.06 | 47 |
| Whitley Lodge First School | 1.05 | 44 |
| Rockcliffe First School | 1.03 | 30 |
| New Hartley First School | 1.00 | 18 |
| Marine Park First School | 0.98 | 59 |
| Seaton Delaval First School | 0.97 | 29 |
| Coquet Park First School | 0.96 | 26 |
| Holywell Village First School | 0.96 | 26 |
| Appletree Gardens First School | 0.95 | 40 |
| Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay | 0.93 | 28 |
| Southridge First School | 0.85 | 47 |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.