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Seaton Delaval First School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–9 · Community school
Western Avenue, Seaton Delaval, Whitley Bay NE25 0EP · seatondelaval.northumberland.sch.uk · 0191 237 1239
On the mapSearch near NE25 0EP
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 161
- 89% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.8%
- First language not English
- 3.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 28 families put the school first and 29 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 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 35 | 30 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Seaton Delaval First School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 28 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (37 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 37
- 19% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 51% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied