Coquet Park First School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–9 · Whitley Bay, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.90 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Coquet Park 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 1 April 2025. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Coquet Park 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 | 2.90 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 2.90 miles away, the 18th longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance.
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 25 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 3.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside is 7.5%.
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
- The Links, Whitley Bay, NE26 1TQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–9
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 169 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 3.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Coquet Park First is an exceptional school.”
- “Leaders, staff, governors and the local authority unite in their pursuit of excellence in all areas of the school’s work.”
- “Consequently, pupils achieve the best possible outcomes in their learning and wider development.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 23 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 25 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 25 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.
- Marine Park First School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitley Lodge First School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Southridge First School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Appletree Gardens First School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rockcliffe First School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Langley First School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published