South Wellfield First School
Otterburn Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE25 9QL
345 pupils · 115% of 300 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Free school meals
- 4.3%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 8 October 2024, published 19 November 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 — 1.17 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 70 | 137 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 62 | 116 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 44 | 42 | 90 | 44 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 73 | 146 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 56 | 100 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 61 | 61 | 109 | 61 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 59 | 57 | 123 | 59 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 58 | 52 | 100 | 57 |
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
- Langley First School 1.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Shiremoor Primary School 1.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Southridge First School 1.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Appletree Gardens First School 1.8 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay 1.8 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- New York Primary School 2.2 km · Outstanding (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.