Seaton Sluice First School
Granville Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE26 4BX
187 pupils · 98% of 190 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Free school meals
- 8.8%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — 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 4 March 2025, published 1 April 2025. 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 — 1.11 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 27 | 30 | 66 | 27 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 24 | 22 | 55 | 24 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 27 | 29 | 72 | 27 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 29 | 82 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 29 | 26 | 64 | 29 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 30 | 33 | 72 | 30 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 34 | 80 | 30 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 30 | 33 | 89 | 30 |
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
- Holywell Village First School 2.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Whitley Lodge First School 2.6 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Coquet Park First School 3.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Southridge First School 3.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- New Hartley First School 3.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Marine Park First School 3.8 km · Good (2022) · 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.