Education

Whitley Lodge First School

Community first school on Woodburn Drive for children aged three to nine, with nursery classes.

About Whitley Lodge First School

Whitley Lodge First School on Woodburn Drive is a community school maintained by North Tyneside Council, teaching children from age three to nine, including nursery classes. It has around 250 pupils, and the headteacher is Mrs Jennifer Palmer.

As a first school in Whitley Bay's three-tier system, it takes children through nursery, reception and the early junior years before they move on to middle school at nine. Breakfast and after-school care is run on site by Zone4Kids. Its inspection reports are published by Ofsted under the school's reference number, 108600.

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