UK Schools
Whitley Bay High School
Whitley Bay High School is a mixed local-authority maintained secondary school in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside Council, teaching 1,797 pupils aged 13 to 18. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in June 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 54.2 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 20 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Whitley Bay High School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Whitley Bay High School.
- 1 Staff Training Day
- 2 Staff Training Day
- 3 School starts for students
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 19 Last day of Autumn Term for students
- 19–31 Christmas Holidays
- 1–2 Christmas Holidays
- 5 Spring Term starts for students
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 2 Last day of Spring Term for students
- 3–17 Easter Holidays
- 20 Summer Term starts for students
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 3 Staff Training Day
- 17 Last day of School Year for students
- 18 Summer Holidays
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Day September 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Staff Training Day September 2, 2025 Inset Day
- School starts for students September 3, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Holiday October 27–31, 2025 Holiday
- Last day of Autumn Term for students December 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holidays December 19, 2025 – January 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term starts for students January 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday February 16–20, 2026 Holiday
- Last day of Spring Term for students April 2, 2026 Term
- Easter Holidays April 3–17, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term starts for students April 20, 2026 Term
- May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25–29, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day July 3, 2026 Inset Day
- Last day of School Year for students July 17, 2026 Event
- Summer Holidays July 18, 2026 – Early September 2026 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Whitley Bay High School with North Tyneside Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 54.2 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 37.47 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 14.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 96% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 85% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Whitley Bay High School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Whitley Bay High School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.