Whitley Bay High School | School performance

80%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

63%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

54.2

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

32%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1710.4

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,762

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

63%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

54.2

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

32%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1710.4

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,762

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

63%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

54.2

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

32%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

1710.4

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,762

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 04/06/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityNorth Tyneside

PhaseSecondary with sixth form with sixth form

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio17.2:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Whitley Bay High School · Secondary with sixth form · North Tyneside

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

80%

-5pp

85%82%80%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 80%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

63%

-3pp

68%65%62%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 63%

Attainment 8

54.2

-2.1

56.555.454.2

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 54.2

EBacc entry

32%

-1pp

37%32%27%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 32%

EBacc APS

1710.4

-79.6

1790.01750.21710.4

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 1710.4

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

37.5

+1.5

38.737.335.8

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 37.5

A-level value added

+0.08

-0.1

+0.10.00.0

'17'18'19'24'25

'25 · +0.1

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

18%

+1pp

21%19%16%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 18%

Average A-level grade

B-

BBB-

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · B-

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

1,762

Pupil : teacher ratio

17.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

10%

SEN

12%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

Deneholm, Whitley Bay, NE25 9AS

Local authority

North Tyneside

Website

http://www.whitleybayhighschool.org/

Telephone

01917317070

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	80%	63%	54.2	Not applicable	32%	1710.4	38%	1,762
2023/24	85%	66%	56.3	+0.31	33%	1790.0	36%	1,744
2022/23	84%	63%	55.3	+0.50	27%	1734.0	29%	1,695
2021/22	84%	68%	56.5	+0.34	30%	1772.2	32%	1,700
2018/19	82%	62%	54.6	+0.39	37%	1718.8	42%	1,640
2017/18	79%	57%	53.9	+0.37	38%	1738.9	41%	1,616
2016/17	80%	61%	52.9	+0.25	25%	—	28%	1,604

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	37.5	B-	+0.08	18%	360
2023/24	35.9	B-	+0.13	18%	295
2022/23	35.8	B-	—	21%	332
2021/22	38.7	B	—	20%	289
2018/19	36.2	B-	+0.00	16%	295
2017/18	34.0	C+	-0.04	15%	280
2016/17	33.2	C+	-0.04	16%	271

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	1,762	16.5	12%	4%	10%	7%	15%
2023/24	1,744	16.5	11%	5%	9%	7%	15%
2022/23	1,695	15.8	10%	5%	9%	6%	15%
2021/22	1,700	16.0	9%	4%	9%	6%	16%
2020/21	1,689	16.5	8%	3%	7%	—	—
2018/19	1,640	17.7	8%	3%	9%	5%	10%
2017/18	1,616	16.7	7%	4%	9%	5%	10%
2016/17	1,604	14.9	8%	4%	9%	4%	8%