Rockcliffe First School
Grafton Road, Whitley Bay, NE26 2NR
244 pupils · 97% of 251 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- The North Tyneside Learning Trust
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Free school meals
- 8.3%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 7 February 2024, published 18 March 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.03 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 31 | 74 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 45 | 50 | 83 | 45 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 45 | 49 | 90 | 45 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 45 | 49 | 102 | 45 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 44 | 50 | 102 | 44 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 45 | 49 | 93 | 45 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 45 | 50 | 114 | 45 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 45 | 59 | 92 | 45 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Cullercoats Primary School 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Marine Park First School 1.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats 1.4 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Monkhouse Primary School 1.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Coquet Park First School 1.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Appletree Gardens First School 2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.