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Marine Park First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Community school
Park Road, Whitley Bay NE26 1LT · marineparkfirst.co.uk · 0191 253 4343
On the mapSearch near NE26 1LT
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 476
- 98 over 378 places · 126%
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6.4%
- First language not English
- 4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 59 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 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 86 | 81 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 66 | 65 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 88 | 87 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 89 | 84 | 0.9 | 99% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Marine Park First School on 31 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 31 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (185 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Positive
- 92%
- Replies
- 185
- 38% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on 22 parents (12%) whose child was bullied
based on 37 parents (20%) with SEND