North Tyneside , 22 October 2025
Parents and carers of Year 4 children in the borough are expressing growing concern as North Tyneside Council has missed its self-imposed deadline of 20 October 2025 to provide crucial information regarding the future of Monkseaton Middle School. The council had committed to writing to all first school headteachers and parents, advising that Monkseaton Middle School would remain an option for the current admissions round. As of todays date, headteachers and parents have still not received the communication.
The communication was also expected to outline the proposed extra-ordinary admissions arrangements for Year 4 children seeking a Year 5 place in September 2026, should the Authority move to a statutory consultation on the school’s future. The full text of the commitment can be found here:
Communication and Instruction to Headteachers of First Schools
The Authority will, by 20 October 2025, write to Headteachers of all first schools, and their parents and carers of children in Year 4. This will advise that Monkseaton Middle School remains a school which parents and carers can choose during this ordinary admissions round. It will also advise that in the event of the Authority moving to statutory consultation, the Authority will set out within the supporting prescribed information, the proposed extra-ordinary admissions arrangements for children in Year 4 seeking a Year 5 place in September 2026.
The failure to provide this information by the promised date has left many families in a state of uncertainty and anxiety. With the school admissions process underway, parents are being forced to make decisions about their children’s future without the information they were assured they would have.
“We are deeply concerned by the council’s inactivity,” said a spokesperson for Monkseaton Middle Parent Action Group. “This is an important and stressful time for parents, and the lack of communication is causing a great deal of anxiety. The council put a self imposed deadline on providing critical information to parents in the borough and they have failed at the first hurdle.”
Save Our Schools is calling on the council to honour its commitment and release the promised information without further delay. Parents and carers deserve to be kept informed about decisions that will have a significant impact on their children’s education.
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