South Wellfield First School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–9 · Whitley Bay, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.94 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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South Wellfield First School is a primary school in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside for ages 3–9 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 October 2024. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
South Wellfield 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 | 1.94 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, there were 70 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- At 1.2 first choices per offer, Reception 2026 was the 7th highest of 52 North Tyneside primary schools.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 1.94 miles away, matching the middle figure for the 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- 3.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside.
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
- Otterburn Avenue, South Wellfield, Whitley Bay, NE25 9QL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–9
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 345 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils embody the values of this nurturing, warm and supportive school.”
- “Pupils flourish because they are cared for deeply.”
- “There is a culture of high expectations.”
To improve
- “Some aspects, however, are less precise in supporting learning in the wider curriculum.”
- “This means that children do not always learn the important things they need to know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 70 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 57 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.
- Langley First School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Shiremoor Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Southridge First School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Appletree Gardens First School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- New York Primary School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Whitley Lodge First School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Preston Grange Primary School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published