Exams
The school has consistently performed above average during exam season. The exams that Whitley Bay High School currently cover are GCSEs and A/AS levels. The school consistently secures one of the top two places in the North Tyneside school league tables, however, this is partially due to the fact that the other schools within the local area typically perform substantially below average. In addition it regularly features as one of the top performing state schools in the country, appearing in national newspapers: The Times and The Daily Telegraph. Whitley Bay High School regularly sends significant numbers of its more academically able students to Oxbridge, Durham University and other Russell Group universities. For example, out of the 300 overpopulated year 13 students in 2012, 2 people gained a place at Oxford respectively.
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