Whitley Bay High admissions process branded 'unfair'

WHITLEY Bay High School's admissions process has been criticised by a government body in the light of the closure of neighbouring Monkseaton High.

- By AUSTEN SHAKESPEARE

A report from the Office of the Schools Adjudicator, sparked from an anonymous complaint, has found Whitley Bay High School must revise its admissions arrangements after they were branded "unfair" and in breach of the schools admissions code. The report was written in the midst of the closure of Monkseaton High School, which threw the future school of students, including the further education of Year 8 pupils, into doubt.