South Wellfield First SchoolLangley First School

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

Summary of the comparison

South Wellfield First School and Langley First School are primary schools in Whitley Bay.

South Wellfield First School scores 81 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Langley First School scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average). South Wellfield First School is ahead on our composite score.
South Wellfield First School was judged strong and Langley First School was judged in need of attention.

South Wellfield First School versus Langley First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Whitley BaySouth Wellfield First School	Whitley BayLangley First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B81/100Stronger figure	C60/100
Local ranking	45th of 54 in North Tyneside Stronger figure	51st of 54 in North Tyneside
Inspection	Ofsted: StrongStronger figure	Ofsted: Needs attention
School type	Community school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	3-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	345	295
Capacity	300	300
Location	Whitley Bay, NE25 9QL	Whitley Bay, NE25 9DL
Pupils
Pupils in the census	324	310
Free school meals (ever 6)	6.8%	8.5%
English as an additional language	0.9%	1.6%
SEN support	11.4%	8.4%
SEN with an EHC plan	2.2%	1.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	3.4% Stronger figure	3.7%	6.2%
Persistent absence	3.7% Stronger figure	7.2%	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.