Wellfield Middle School | School performance

69%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

353

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

69%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

353

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

69%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

353

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

12%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 14/03/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityNorth Tyneside

PhaseAll-through

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio19.2:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Wellfield Middle School · All-through · North Tyneside

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

69%

-1pp

86%78%69%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 69%

RWM higher standard

-1pp

13%9%5%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 5%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

89%

Reading higher standard

41%

Writing expected standard

82%

Writing higher standard

16%

Maths expected standard

82%

Maths higher standard

18%

Science expected standard

91%

SPAG expected standard

90%

SPAG higher standard

19%

Reading scaled score

108.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

106.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

353

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

15%

SEN

15%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

12%

Contact

Address

Kielder Road, South Wellfield, Whitley Bay, NE25 9QW

Local authority

North Tyneside

Website

http://www.wellfieldmiddleschool.org.uk/

Telephone

01912529486

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	69%	5%	89%	41%	82%	16%	82%	18%	91%	90%	108.0	105.0	106.0	—	—	—	15%	353
2023/24	70%	6%	89%	49%	81%	11%	78%	27%	82%	88%	109.0	105.0	107.0	—	—	—	12%	361
2022/23	70%	12%	89%	47%	82%	14%	81%	27%	84%	86%	108.0	105.0	106.0	+1.00	-0.70	-0.80	13%	354
2018/19	84%	13%	87%	41%	90%	21%	88%	32%	88%	89%	108.0	106.0	107.0	+1.60	-0.20	-0.40	11%	323
2017/18	86%	9%	97%	42%	88%	19%	95%	30%	94%	92%	109.0	107.0	109.0	+2.00	-0.70	+0.50	8%	312
2016/17	70%	9%	89%	35%	80%	14%	77%	17%	88%	80%	107.0	104.0	105.0	+0.60	-2.10	-2.70	18%	293

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	353	19.6	15%	2%	15%	5%	12%
2023/24	361	—	12%	2%	15%	5%	10%
2022/23	354	20.2	13%	3%	14%	4%	8%
2021/22	327	19.2	11%	2%	13%	6%	15%
2020/21	331	18.3	12%	1%	13%	—	—
2018/19	323	18.2	11%	2%	18%	4%	8%
2017/18	312	22.1	8%	1%	18%	4%	6%
2016/17	293	17.3	18%	2%	18%	4%	6%