Monkseaton High School
General Information
- Address: Seatonville Road, Whitley Bay, NE25 9EQ – View on map
- Phone: 01912979700
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Deon Krishnan
- Age range: 13-18 years
- Demand for places (Year 7, September 2018): 10 families put it first for 21 places – 5 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 21 of the 21 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2015 10 · 2016 5 · 2018 5
- Sixth form: Yes
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 34
- % eligible for free school meals: 26.6%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the North Tyneside average)
- English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 24.7% a year (North Tyneside 10.1%, typical in England 15.5%)
- Where they went: about 51% moved to another school, 49% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Tyneside: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 23 (1.6 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
- Suspensions for bullying: 35 (2.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 12 (0.8 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in North Tyneside, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 12.7%
- Persistently absent pupils: 33.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
- Attainment 8 score: 41.0
- Compared with the area: 7.4 points below the North Tyneside average (48.4)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (−2.4 points against an expected 43.4)
- Grade 4+ in English and maths: 53% (North Tyneside 68%, England 65%) Broadly steady
- Data year: 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
GCSE results over time
11th of 11 secondary schools in North Tyneside for Attainment 8
- #9Longbenton High School41.7
- #10John Spence Community High School41.0
- #11Monkseaton High School41.0
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Leaver Destinations
- In education, employment, or training a year later: 86.0%
- Went into further education: 74.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
GCSE Subjects Offered
- Maths (General)
- English Language
- Science Double Award
- English Literature
- History
- Business Studies
- Spanish
- Geography
- Art & Design
- Photography
- Chinese
- Japanese Language
- Russian
Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,416 (2024-25)
2nd of 15 secondary schools in North Tyneside for spending per pupil
- #1Norham High School£10,950
- #2Monkseaton High School£9,416
- #3John Spence Community High School£9,378
- #4Burnside College£9,037
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