Langley First School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–9 · Whitley Bay, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
5.99 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Langley First School is a primary school in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside for ages 3–9 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 June 2022. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Langley 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 | 5.99 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2025 Reception admissions, the last child offered a place lived 5.99 miles away, the 4th longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 50 first-choice applications for 47 offers: 47 offers went to first-choice families and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 7.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside is 21.8%.
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
- Drumoyne Gardens, West Monkseaton, Whitley Bay, NE25 9DL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–9
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 295 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 June 2022
Strengths
- “There is a sense of community at this school.”
- “Pupils, parents and carers value the warm welcome every morning by caring staff, who know pupils well.”
- “This gives pupils a sense of belonging.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not attend school often enough and miss important learning.”
- “However, pupils do not learn as well as they should because the quality of the curriculum and teaching across the school is variable.”
- “Teachers' checks on what pupils are learning, and how they can improve, do not consistently help pupils address gaps in their knowledge or correct misconceptions.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 50 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 47 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 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Appletree Gardens First School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Preston Grange Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Wellfield First School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Southridge First School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- New York Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Whitehouse Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published