Rockcliffe First SchoolMarine Park First School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Whitley Bay.

Summary of the comparison

Rockcliffe First School and Marine Park First School are primary schools in Whitley Bay.

Rockcliffe First School scores 73 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Marine Park First School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Marine Park First School is ahead on our composite score.
Rockcliffe First School was judged Good and Marine Park First School was judged Good.

Rockcliffe First School versus Marine Park First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Whitley BayRockcliffe First School	Whitley BayMarine Park First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B73/100	B75/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	47th of 53 in North Tyneside	46th of 53 in North Tyneside Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: Good
School type	Foundation school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	3-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	272	488
Capacity	251	378
Location	Whitley Bay, NE26 2NR	Whitley Bay, NE26 1LT
Pupils
Pupils in the census	272	488
Free school meals (ever 6)	9.2%	7.4%
English as an additional language	13.6%	4.1%
SEN support	9.6%	6.2%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.2%	1.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.7%	3.1% Stronger figure	6.2%
Persistent absence	7.0%	3.8% Stronger figure	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.