Southridge First SchoolWhitley Lodge First School

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

Summary of the comparison

Southridge First School and Whitley Lodge First School are primary schools in Whitley Bay.

Southridge First School scores 77 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Whitley Lodge First School scores 85 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Whitley Lodge First School is ahead on our composite score.
Southridge First School was judged Good and Whitley Lodge First School was judged strong.

Southridge First School versus Whitley Lodge First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Whitley BaySouthridge First School	Whitley BayWhitley Lodge First School	England average
Overview
Our score	B77/100	A85/100Stronger figure
Local ranking	45th of 53 in North Tyneside	42nd of 53 in North Tyneside Stronger figure
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: StrongStronger figure
School type	Community school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	3-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	339	259
Capacity	352	230
Location	Whitley Bay, NE25 9UD	Whitley Bay, NE26 3HW
Pupils
Pupils in the census	339	259
Free school meals (ever 6)	6.0%	8.4%
English as an additional language	3.2%	1.9%
SEN support	5.0%	3.5%
SEN with an EHC plan	0.9%	1.5%
Attendance
Overall absence	2.2% Stronger figure	2.4%	6.2%
Persistent absence	2.5%	0.6% 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.