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Langley First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Community school
Drumoyne Gardens, West Monkseaton, Whitley Bay NE25 9DL · langleyfirst.org.uk · 0191 643 2026
On the mapSearch near NE25 9DL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- May 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 295
- 98% of 300 places
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 8.7%
- First language not English
- 1.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 50 families put the school first and 47 places were offered; 94% 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 | 47 | 50 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 43 | 42 | 1 | 98% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Langley First School on 12 May 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Needs attention
- Inspected
- 12 May 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Needs attention |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (102 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 102
- 32% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 17% who had a child bullied