Whitley Lodge First SchoolSeaton Sluice First School

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

Summary of the comparison

Whitley Lodge First School and Seaton Sluice First School are primary schools in Whitley Bay.

Whitley Lodge First School scores 85 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional) and Seaton Sluice First School scores 70 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Whitley Lodge First School is ahead on our composite score.
Whitley Lodge First School was judged strong and Seaton Sluice First School was judged the expected standard.

Whitley Lodge First School versus Seaton Sluice First School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	Whitley BayWhitley Lodge First School	Whitley BaySeaton Sluice First School	England average
Overview
Our score	A85/100Stronger figure	B70/100
Local ranking	42nd of 53 in North Tyneside	90th of 118 in Northumberland
Inspection	Ofsted: StrongStronger figure	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community school	Community school
Phase	Primary	Primary
Age range	3-9	3-9
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	259	187
Capacity	230	190
Location	Whitley Bay, NE26 3HW	Whitley Bay, NE26 4BX
Pupils
Pupils in the census	259	187
Free school meals (ever 6)	8.4%	14.8%
English as an additional language	1.9%	1.1%
SEN support	3.5%	11.8%
SEN with an EHC plan	1.5%	12.3%
Attendance
Overall absence	2.4% Stronger figure	4.9%	6.2%
Persistent absence	0.6% Stronger figure	11.0%	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.