Seaton Sluice First School
Primary · Whitley Bay · NE26 4BX
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 27 November 2019
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
187 pupils · 98% of 190 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 8.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 1.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 11.8% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 12.3% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 122234
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.11 first-choice applications per place27 places offered · 30 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
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)
80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school · 9% 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.
Inspection history since 2015
- 4 March 2025: S5 Inspection
- 26 November 2019: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 11 February 2016: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.