Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · Whitley Bay, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
2.52 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay is a primary school in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 May 2024. North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay 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 | 2.52 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2025 the last child offered a place lived 2.52 miles away, the 21st longest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 26 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%); 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The 2024/25 figure of 67% was 3rd lowest of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside that have results.
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
- Seatonville Road, Whitley Bay, NE25 9EG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 330 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 May 2024
Strengths
- “Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is an inclusive and welcoming school.”
- “Relationships between pupils and staff are caring and strong.”
- “Pupils rise to the high expectations that adults have for them in their respectful interactions with each other and the adults in school.”
To improve
- “Some pupils have struggled to manage their own behaviour.”
- “However, in a minority of subjects, this approach is not yet embedded.”
- “In these subjects, opportunities for pupils to build on their prior learning are limited.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 67% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 26 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 26 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.
- Appletree Gardens First School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Langley First School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Preston Grange Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Monkhouse Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehouse Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- New York Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- South Wellfield First School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published