Southridge First School
Primary · Whitley Bay · NE25 9UD
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 12 July 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
321 pupils · 91% of 352 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 4.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 3.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0.9% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.southridgefirst.org.uk
- URN
- 108585
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.85 first-choice applications per place47 places offered · 40 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.