Key Stage 4 Results

We are delighted that our students have achieved outstanding exam success. There is no progress 8 data available for 2026 and 2025 results, as students did not sit their SATS during the pandemic.

All of our KS4 and KS5 results can be accessed on the DfE Performance Tables website which is available here:

Whitley Bay High School

2026 Results

Summary of GCSE Results 2026

Subject (GCSE)	Entries	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	U	9 - 7 %	9 - 4 %	9 - 1 %	9-7% Nat 2026	9-4% Nat 2026
English Language	370	12	19	55	68	92	65	47	12	0	0	23.2	84.1	100	19.4	71.4
English Literature	365	5	20	40	70	97	68	50	9	5	1	17.8	82.2	99.7	19.9	73.6
Maths	369	33	39	39	51	71	85	30	15	6	0	30.1	86.2	100	22.3	71.8
Art & Design (Fine Art)	85	8	13	19	24	15	5	1	0	0	0	47.1	98.8	100	23.4	77.0
Biology	43	10	11	11	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	74.4	100	100	43.5	89.6
Business Studies	182	6	15	17	36	26	39	34	6	3	0	20.9	76.4	100	19.5	65.6
Chemistry	43	8	9	10	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	62.8	100	100	47.0	92.1
Computer Science	36	3	7	3	8	6	4	4	1	0	0	36.1	86.1	100	29.9	70.6
D&T: Papers & Boards	12	0	0	2	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	16.7	83.3	100	23.0	66.5
Drama	22	0	0	0	7	5	6	4	0	0	0	0.0	81.8	100	27.8	77.5
D&T: Systems & Control	18	0	0	3	4	4	2	4	1	0	0	16.7	72.2	100	23.0	66.5
D&T: Timbers	28	1	0	3	1	6	8	6	3	0	0	14.3	67.9	100	23.0	66.5
French	52	3	12	6	5	11	8	5	0	1	1	40.4	86.5	98.1	30.2	73.6
D&T: Food and Nutrition	149	17	20	19	34	33	17	9	0	0	0	37.6	94.0	100	21.6	69.2
Geography	193	13	23	35	37	34	27	15	9	0	0	36.8	87.6	100	25.1	65.6
German	52	4	10	6	4	15	6	6	1	0	0	38.5	86.5	100	34.8	80.2
History	174	19	16	28	27	20	23	21	10	8	2	36.2	76.4	98.9	26.1	64.1
Music	17	2	3	3	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	47.1	100	100	33.8	76.4
PE	83	3	4	17	13	21	13	12	0	0	0	28.9	85.5	100	23.7	72.5
Art & Design Photography	16	0	0	0	5	4	6	1	0	0	0	0.0	93.8	100	23.4	77.0
Physics	43	12	12	7	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	72.1	100	100	45.9	91.6
Religious Studies	24	1	5	0	6	5	3	0	2	1	1	25.0	83.3	95.8	32.3	73.7
Spanish	50	2	3	3	6	17	6	13	0	0	0	16.0	74.0	100	28.9	71.9
Textiles	33	3	9	7	4	3	3	4	0	0	0	57.6	87.9	100	23.4	77.0

Subject (CAMNAT)	Entries	L2D*	L2D	L2M	L2P	L1D	L1M	L1P	U	L2D*-L2D %	L2D*-L2P %	L2D*-L2D% National	L2D*-L2P% National
Child Development	35	4	8	12	6	4	1	0	0	34.3	85.7	17.0	62.0
Health & Social Care	44	4	8	10	18	3	0	1	0	27.3	90.9	21.0	65.0
IT (Digital)	53	9	6	12	17	7	2	0	0	28.3	83.0	12.0	58.0
PE (Sport Studies)	44	5	5	16	12	4	2	0	0	22.7	86.4	16.0	65.0

Subject	Entries	99	98	88	87	77	76	66	65	55	9 - 7 %	9 - 4 %	9 - 1 %	9-7% Nat 2025	9-4% Nat 2025
Science: Trilogy	648	13	10	11	17	14	11	24	22	50	20.1	72.8	99.7	9.2	58.1
		54	44	43	33	32	22	21	11	U
		37	27	46	20	14	5	1	1	1

2025 Results

Summary of GCSE Results

Subject (GCSE)	Entries	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	U	9 - 7 %	9 - 4 %	9 - 1 %	9-7% Nat 2025	9-4% Nat 2025
English Language	354	18	26	48	66	77	67	37	11	3	1	26.0	85.3	99.7	19.5	70.6
English Literature	348	22	22	35	95	80	46	33	13	2	0	22.7	86.2	100	20.3	74.2
Maths	356	24	43	40	68	74	58	31	12	6	0	30.1	86.2	100	21.5	71.9
Art & Design (Fine Art)	73	5	11	24	19	10	3	1	0	0	0	54.8	98.6	100	23.8	76.9
Biology	46	13	7	12	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	69.6	100	100	43.4	89.4
Business Studies	176	11	22	16	41	40	19	20	7	0	0	27.8	84.7	100	19.4	65.8
Chemistry	46	14	10	11	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	76.1	100	100	46.1	91.5
Computer Science	32	4	8	3	12	3	1	1	0	0	0	46.9	96.9	100	29.6	69.2
D&T: Papers & Boards	16	0	0	0	2	4	3	3	2	2	0	0.0	56.3	100	23.0	66.7
Drama	19	2	4	6	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	63.2	100	100	27.2	77.6
D&T: Systems & Control	17	0	0	1	7	4	2	2	1	0	0	5.9	82.4	100	23.0	66.7
D&T: Timbers	34	0	2	4	6	9	5	2	6	0	0	17.6	76.5	100	23.0	66.7
French	32	5	4	3	4	8	2	3	2	0	1	37.5	81.3	96.9	29.7	72.9
D&T: Food and Nutrition	128	6	14	30	36	20	16	6	0	0	0	39.1	95.3	100	21.1	68.4
Geography	179	12	22	31	38	34	18	17	5	2	0	36.3	86.6	100	24.8	65.1
German	59	6	7	9	6	23	5	3	0	0	0	37.3	94.9	100	34.0	79.6
History	172	18	18	28	37	30	7	18	11	5	0	37.2	80.2	100	26.2	64.2
Music	13	5	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	53.8	92.3	100	33.3	75.9
PE	81	4	3	11	18	23	14	6	2	0	0	22.2	90.1	100	23.5	72.7
Art & Design Photography	22	0	0	0	1	6	12	3	0	0	0	0.0	86.4	100	23.8	76.9
Physics	46	12	10	10	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	69.6	100	100	45.1	90.8
Religious Studies	18	1	0	5	4	7	1	0	0	0	0	33.3	100	100	31.7	73.2
Spanish	51	2	5	7	2	17	13	5	0	0	0	27.5	90.2	100	27.1	70.6
Textiles	27	2	3	4	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	33.3	100	100	23.8	76.9

Subject (CAMNAT)	Entries	L2D*	L2D	L2M	L2P	L1D	L1M	L1P	U	L2D*-L2D %	L2D*-L2P %	L2D*-L1P %	L2D*-L2D% National	L2D*-L2P% National
Child Development	39	6	16	8	8	1	0	0	0	56.4	97.4	100	17.0	62.0
Health & Social Care	60	8	21	15	10	5	1	0	0	48.3	90.0	100	21.0	65.0
IT (Digital)	62	2	12	23	20	5	0	0	0	22.6	91.9	100	12.0	58.0
PE (Sport Studies)	50	0	13	21	12	4	0	0	0	26.0	92.0	100	16.0	65.0

Subject	Entries	99	98	88	87	77	76	66	65	55	9 -7 %	9 - 4 %	9 - 1 %	9-7% Nat 2025	9-4% Nat 2025
Science: Trilogy	600	11	6	6	12	22	24	20	24	56	19.0	79.7	100	9.1	57.6
		54	44	43	33	32	22	21	11	U
		30	28	28	17	9	4	1	2	0

2024 Results

Summary of GCSE Results

Subject (GCSE)	Entries	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	U	9 - 7 %	9 - 4 %	9 - 1 %	9-7% Nat 2024	9-4% Nat 2024
English Language	365	9	21	49	96	90	58	35	5	1	1	21.6	88.5	100	19.0	72.0
English Literature	365	11	30	52	92	88	54	30	5	1	2	25.5	89.6	99.5	19.0	74.0
Maths	365	25	42	39	42	116	58	21	20	2	0	29.0	88.2	100	21.0	74.0
Art & Design (Fine Art)	70	14	7	18	20	9	1	1	0	0	0	55.7	98.6	100	23.7	76.5
Biology	51	13	16	11	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	78.4	98.0	100	42.2	89.3
Business Studies	199	5	19	19	28	36	28	46	15	2	1	21.6	67.8	99.5	19.6	66.7
Chemistry	50	15	16	8	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	78.0	100	100	44.9	90.5
Computer Science	32	4	5	7	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	50.0	100	100	28.3	68.4
D&T: Papers & Boards	37	1	3	5	10	6	4	6	2	0	0	24.3	78.4	100	22.3	66.2
Drama	16	3	3	0	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	37.5	93.8	100	27.0	77.2
D&T: Systems & Control	37	0	4	1	5	5	7	8	6	1	0	13.5	59.5	100	22.3	66.2
D&T: Timbers	17	1	1	3	1	4	2	4	1	0	0	29.4	70.6	100	22.3	66.2
French	55	8	7	10	5	19	4	1	0	0	1	45.5	96.4	98.2	28.4	71.7
D&T: Food and Nutrition	121	11	19	15	31	22	11	11	1	0	0	37.2	90.1	100	20.1	66.9
Geography	203	14	26	32	36	34	33	15	9	3	1	35.5	86.2	99.5	24.9	65.6
German	40	4	8	7	2	11	4	4	0	0	0	47.5	90.0	100	32.5	77.8
History	186	18	28	28	33	22	23	24	10	0	0	39.8	81.7	100	26.2	64.6
Music	19	3	1	4	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	42.1	94.7	100	33.7	77.0
PE	86	3	4	12	12	15	19	19	2	0	0	22.1	75.6	100	23.7	72.9
Art & Design Photography	16	0	0	1	1	2	10	2	0	0	0	6.3	87.5	100	23.7	76.5
Physics	50	19	14	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	82.0	100	100	44.2	90.3
Religious Studies	47	3	7	7	14	9	4	2	0	1	0	36.2	93.6	100	31.4	72.7
Spanish	40	3	2	8	2	12	5	8	0	0	0	32.5	80.0	100	27.3	70.5
Textiles	29	5	7	6	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	62.1	100	100	22.3	66.2

Subject (CAMNAT)	Entries	L2D*	L2D	L2M	L2P	L1D	L1M	L1P	U	*L2D-L2D %**	*L2D-L2P %**	*L2D-L1P %**	L2D*-L2D% Nat 2024	L2D*-L2P% Nat 2024
Child Development	32	5	7	13	6	1	0	0	0	37.5	96.9	100	17.0	62.0
Health & Social Care	53	2	22	17	9	3	0	0	0	45.3	94.3	100	21.0	65.0
IT (Digital)	36	2	7	16	11	0	0	0	0	25.0	100	100	12.0	58.0
PE (Sport Studies)	50	3	11	15	12	8	1	0	0	28.0	82.0	100	16.0	65.0

Subject	Entries	99	98	88	87	77	76	66	65	55	9 - 7 %	9 - 4 %	9 - 1 %	9-7% Nat 2024	9-4% Nat 2024
Science: Trilogy	628	6	7	9	8	13	25	23	15	64	13.7	77.1	99.7	9.1	57.3
		54	44	43	33	32	22	21	11	U
		47	25	36	21	9	2	3	0	1

2023 Results

Summary of GCSE Results

Subject (GCSE)	Entries	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	U	9 - 7 %	9 - 4 %	9 - 1 %	9-7% Nat 2023	9-4% Nat 2023
English Language	366	18	30	50	82	80	62	30	12	1	1	26.8	88.0	99.7	16.3	64.7
English Literature	359	17	29	45	83	78	64	31	9	3	0	25.3	88.0	100	21.0	74.3
Maths	366	23	45	38	67	78	70	23	14	6	2	29.0	87.7	99.5	17.5	61.1
Art & Design (Fine Art)	61	11	11	12	20	6	1	0	0	0	0	55.7	100	100	24.2	76.4
Biology	55	13	14	16	9	1	0	1	1	0	0	78.2	96.4	100	42.4	89.6
Business Studies	202	4	11	10	58	41	25	40	13	0	0	12.4	73.8	100	20.1	67.3
Chemistry	52	14	11	15	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	76.9	100	100	44.0	89.8
Computer Science	43	1	9	10	9	6	7	1	0	0	0	46.5	97.7	100	24.6	64.8
D&T: Papers & Boards	35	4	3	0	6	9	9	2	2	0	0	20.0	88.6	100	21.1	65.6
Drama	18	0	1	1	6	5	0	5	0	0	0	11.1	72.2	100	26.3	76.5
D&T: Systems & Control	43	4	2	1	8	8	10	3	6	1	0	16.3	76.7	100	21.1	65.6
D&T: Timbers	35	0	2	3	5	8	7	8	2	0	0	14.3	71.4	100	21.1	65.6
French	63	9	7	7	4	14	6	15	1	0	0	36.5	74.6	100	26.6	71.2
D&T: Food and Nutrition	92	5	13	12	17	19	13	12	1	0	0	32.6	85.9	100	20.1	67.1
Geography	186	11	26	40	28	33	25	15	6	2	0	41.4	87.6	100	25.0	65.6
German	34	5	2	5	4	13	4	1	0	0	0	35.3	97.1	100	28.2	77.2
History	214	16	19	29	46	37	18	23	15	9	2	29.9	77.1	99.1	25.8	64.4
Music	13	2	2	2	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	46.2	92.3	100	34.3	77.6
PE	77	4	10	10	16	16	12	8	1	0	0	31.2	88.3	100	24.2	73.7
Art & Design Photography	21	0	0	0	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0.0	100	100	24.2	76.4
Physics	53	19	14	14	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	88.7	100	100	43.4	90.2
Religious Studies	47	4	6	11	13	6	2	4	1	0	0	44.7	89.4	100	31.2	72.8
Spanish	17	1	4	4	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	52.9	94.1	100	26.8	70.0
Textiles	26	3	3	4	4	7	2	1	2	0	0	38.5	88.5	100	21.1	65.6

Subject (CAMNAT)	Entries	L2D*	L2D	L2M	L2P	L1D	L1M	L1P	U	*L2D-L2D %**	*L2D-L2P %**	*L2D-L1P %**	L2D*-L2D% Nat 2019	L2D*-L2P% Nat 2019
Child Development	27	5	7	6	6	3	0	0	0	44.4	88.9	100	10.6	53.7
Health & Social Care	56	4	21	21	10	0	0	0	0	44.6	100	100	18.4	75.5
IT (Digital)	65	1	18	24	20	2	0	0	0	29.2	96.9	100	12.3	71.2
PE (Sport Studies)	48	3	19	12	12	2	0	0	0	45.8	95.8	100	28.4	84.2

Subject	Entries	99	98	88	87	77	76	66	65	55	9 - 7 %	9 - 4 %	9 - 1 %	9-7% Nat 2023	9-4% Nat 2023
Science: Trilogy	622	7	5	4	17	18	10	37	29	58	16.4	77.2	100	8.9	57.1
		54	44	43	33	32	22	21	11	U
		27	28	32	15	14	6	3	1	0

A more detailed analysis can be found on the DfE Performance Tables Website: DFE Performance Tables