School profile
Whytrig Middle School
Prospect Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE25 0FW
Overview
Whytrig Middle School is a state-funded school (community school) in Whitley Bay, North East, for pupils aged 9–13. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Community school
- Establishment group
- Local authority maintained schools
- Phase of education
- Middle deemed secondary
- Age range
- Ages 9–13
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- No
- School capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 330
- URN
- 122335
Admissions
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Federation
- Seaton Valley Federation
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School places
DfE school capacity survey · May 2025 (2024/25)
- Capacity at survey date
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 331
- Unfilled places at survey date
- 29
A dated snapshot from the Department for Education school capacity survey, separate from the school details above. Unfilled places at the survey date do not mean places are currently available for admission. About this data
Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Primary
2024/25 results
Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard
- School
- 49%
- England
- 62%
Pupils included: 80
Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard
- School
- 3%
- England
- 8%
Pupils included: 80
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 10 February 2026 · Published 11 May 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
Previous inspection information
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 3 November 2021 · Published 8 December 2021
Overall effectiveness: Good
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Prospect Avenue, Whitley Bay, NE25 0FW
- Local authority
- Northumberland
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