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Appletree Gardens First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–9 · Foundation school
Appletree Gardens, Monkseaton, Whitley Bay NE25 8XS · appletreegardens.org.uk · 0191 252 3546
On the mapSearch near NE25 8XS
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 292
- 100% of 293 places
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 30.9%
- First language not English
- 8.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 38 families put the school first and 40 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 40 | 38 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 32 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 37 | 35 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 47 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 33 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 12 June 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Appletree Gardens First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jun 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 38
- 10% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied