Appletree Gardens First School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–9 · Whitley Bay, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
3.61 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Appletree Gardens First School is a primary school in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside for ages 2–9 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Appletree Gardens First School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 3.61 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2025 Reception entry, the last child offered a place lived 3.61 miles away, the 11th longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 38 first-choice applications for 40 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 27.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside is 11.9%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Appletree Gardens, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, NE25 8XS
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–9
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 292 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are extremely proud to attend this happy and welcoming school.”
- “This aim is strongly supported by the five values that sit at the heart of all the school’s work.”
- “They talk with enthusiasm about their learning.”
To improve
- “Some foundation subjects need further refinement.”
- “In these, less developed subjects, the school does not reinforce key learning as effectively as it could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 40 offers in total, 38 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Tyneside.
- Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Langley First School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Preston Grange Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Southridge First School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Marine Park First School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Monkhouse Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- South Wellfield First School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published