Whitehouse Primary School
Whitehouse Lane, North Shields, NE29 8PE
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Whitehouse Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Grant Hopkins
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Tynemouth
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 183
- URN
- 108577
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
About this school
Whitehouse Primary School was a foundation primary school in North Shields. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 183 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Whitehouse Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 27 | 13 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 30% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 56% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 44% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 56% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.90 | - |
| Writing progress | -6.60 | - |
| Maths progress | -5.60 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Whitehouse Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 30% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 57.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 58.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Whitehouse Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 53% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.9% | 58.6% | 183 | — |
| Whitehouse Primary School | 29% | 5.2% | 63.1% | 137 | 0.1 miles |
| Preston Grange Primary School | 72% | 3.3% | 17.4% | 216 | 0.5 miles |
| New York Primary School | 79% | 4.9% | 41.8% | 405 | 0.7 miles |
| Collingwood Primary School | 61% | 6.4% | 61.1% | 342 | 0.7 miles |
| Spring Gardens Primary School | 41% | 6.5% | 43.1% | 314 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 58.6%
- English as an additional language
- 5.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.9%
- Persistent absence
- 18.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Whitehouse Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · North Shields
-
Preston Grange Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · North Shields
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New York Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · North Shields
-
Collingwood Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · North Shields
-
Spring Gardens Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · North Shields
Other schools in North Shields
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Collingwood Primary School Primary
- Cullercoats Primary School Primary
- Monkhouse Primary School Primary
- New York Primary School Primary
- Percy Main Primary School Primary
- Preston Grange Primary School Primary
- Riverside Primary School Primary
- Spring Gardens Primary School Primary
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, North Shields Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Cullercoats Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Whitehouse Primary School teach?
- Whitehouse Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in North Shields.
- Has Whitehouse Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Whitehouse Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Whitehouse Primary School?
- Whitehouse Primary School had 183 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- How have Whitehouse Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 30% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Whitehouse Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Whitehouse Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2023.