Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Whitley Bay, part of Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 3rd-highest of the 7 schools in Whitley Bay with published results, and 5,775th of 14,452 across England. It was 77% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- In line with England
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to North Tyneside (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay in detail
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay in its own words
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, cricket, athletics, judo, dance, ukulele, guitar, recorder, chess and coding.
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care until 6:00pm.
Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 75% in North Tyneside and 77% and 75% across England.
Results were similar in 2024 (84% in reading, 73% in maths).
Getting a place at Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay
For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay as their first choice and 45 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay are Appletree Gardens First School (0.3 miles, Good); Langley First School (0.4 miles, Good); Preston Grange Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 90% reading, 83% maths); and St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats (0.7 miles, 89% reading, 86% maths).
Each of them had higher 2025 results than Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay.
Appletree Gardens First SchoolLangley First SchoolPreston Grange Primary SchoolSt Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats
The trust
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay is one of 39 schools run by Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Who goes there
5.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%), Asian (8%) and Mixed (6%).
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is West Monkseaton (Tyne and Wear Metro Station), about 1060 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Seatonville Road-Ashtree Gardens (se-bound), 40 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay issued 1 suspension, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay are Monkseaton High School (0.1 miles), Monkseaton Coastal School (0.4 miles), Marden Bridge Middle School (0.7 miles) and John Spence Community High School (0.9 miles).
Monkseaton High SchoolMonkseaton Coastal SchoolMarden Bridge Middle SchoolJohn Spence Community High School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoStar of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in August 2021. Before that, as Star of the Sea RC VA Primary (URN 108622), it was rated Good in February 2014.
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School is an inclusive and welcoming school. Relationships between pupils and staff are caring and strong. Staff know pupils very well. Pupils rise to the high expectations that adults have for them in their respectful interactions with each other and the adults in school.
Pupils are kept safe. They talk confidently about how they can keep themselves safe online, eat healthy foods, develop fitness and keep safe when out and about in the community. Pupils trust the adults who work with them to support them if they have a concern.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school has carefully constructed a broad and ambitious curriculum for most subjects, based on the national curriculum. The curriculum specifies what pupils must know and learn. In most subjects, learning is carefully planned so that pupils build their subject knowledge and skills sequentially over time. However, in a minority of subjects, this approach is not yet embedded. In these subjects, opportunities for pupils to build on their prior learning are limited. Work to address this is already underway, but there remains more to do.
Pupils with specific and more-complex special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are well supported. The school ensures that advice from therapists and other external professionals is understood and implemented effectively by staff. This helps these pupils to make effective progress from their starting points. However, for some other pupils with SEND, sometimes, the curriculum and tasks they are given in classrooms, as they learn alongside their peers, are not adapted well enough to enable them to learn effectively. This hampers their progress.
From Ofsted's May 2024 ungraded inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
At a Glance
21.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 87% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 73% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 87% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
27.0
Avg class size
26.3
Infant (KS1)
27.9
KS2
12
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay
Finding Faith Together: Welcome to Our Rosary Club.
19 Sep 2026
Year 6 Get Creative for Conservation.
19 Sep 2026
What a super start from Reception!
17 Sep 2026
Year 5 Visit Holy Island
5 Jul 2026
☀️ Summer Open Evening - Thank You! ☀️
30 Jun 2026
Careers Week - STEM Challenge
15 Jun 2026
From Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay's website. School Signal is not affiliated with the school.
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 11
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 1
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 9 slight.
1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.
6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in North Tyneside is 12 (the median across 84 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
77%
Available places
322 pupils
420 places
98 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Whitley Bay
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Whitley Bay
Across North Tyneside council
Places available
2,516
Applications
2,025
Got 1st preference
91.7%
Got preferred school
96.2%
All primary applications across North Tyneside council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History
Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good.
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
44
SEN Support
12
EHC Plans
17.0%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
330
Total Pupils
172
Boys
158
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
19
Teachers
17.4:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£54,484
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,012
Per pupil
£1793k
Total funding
£89k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.2%
Overall absence
13.7%
Persistent absence
292
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay
Questions parents ask about Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay
What are SATs results like at Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay?
Of the pupils at Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 87% reached the expected standard in reading and 73% did so in maths.
What is Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay's Ofsted rating?
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in August 2021. Before that, as Star of the Sea RC VA Primary (URN 108622), it was rated Good in February 2014.
What is the catchment area for Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay?
No fixed boundary. When Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay is oversubscribed, North Tyneside allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay?
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay was not full in 2025: it ran at 77% of its 420 places.
How big are the classes at Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay?
Classes at Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay average 27 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay?
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay has around 330 pupils on roll. 22% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay?
5.2% of sessions were missed at Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay in 2024/25. 13.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay?
Apply through North Tyneside's coordinated admissions process, naming Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 11 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 9 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 6 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in North Tyneside is 12 (the median across 84 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay?
Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Whitley Bay is at Seatonville Road, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, NE25 9EG.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)