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The Blyth Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy

Chase Farm Drive, Blyth NE24 4JP · tba.northerneducationtrust.org · 01670 798100

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jul 2021
GCSEs, 2024/25
49.2
average Attainment 8 score. Northumberland 44, England 46
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
766
70% of 1,100 places
Local authority
Northumberland
Sixth form
No
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
50.4%
First language not English
4.7%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Northern Education Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 135 families put the school first and 171 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 122 (Places 156)122September 2023: 142 (Places 204)142September 2024: 94 (Places 157)94September 2025: 130 (Places 151)130September 2026: 135 (Places 171)135Places 171
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261711350.899%
September 2025Sept 20251511300.998%
September 2024Sept 2024157940.6100%
September 2023Sept 20232041420.799%
September 2022Sept 20221561220.8100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.2, and 58.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Northumberland it was 44, and across England 46.

In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade D (20.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 34.8 (England 46.3)34.82017/18: 36.9 (England 46.5)36.92018/19: 41.8 (England 46.7)41.82021/22: 41.5 (England 48.8)41.52022/23: 40.2 (England 46.3)40.22023/24: 41.0 (England 45.9)41.02024/25: 49.2 (England 46.0)49.2England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲49.246.0
▲58.6%45.4%
▲71.7%64.8%
●38.6%40.5%
▲4.434.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form22.4+7.7
Sixth form college0.6—
Further education47.1−7.4
Apprenticeship5.3+0.2
Employment4.7−3.6
Not in a lasting destination10.6−0.9
Activity not captured9.4+3.6

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

15/1616/1717/1818/192015/16: 17.2 (England 30.5)D-2016/17: 15.3 (England 31.1)D-2017/18: 22.0 (England 32.1)D+2018/19: 20.2 (England 32.9)DEngland 32.9
2018/19TrendAverage gradeProgress
25 studentsD (20.2)Average +0.01
25 studentsD (20.3)Average 0.00
16 studentsMerit (24.2)Average -0.10
0%AAB or better
90%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2017/1840D+ (22)+0.18
2016/1745D- (15.3)-0.13
2015/1646D- (17.2)-0.28

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/20
Left in 2019/20Since 2016/17
University52+9
Further education5—
Apprenticeship140
Employment10−4
Not in a lasting destination19+8

Ofsted

The Blyth Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 6 July 2021, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Apr 2025 found: Standards maintained.

Outcome
Standards maintained
Inspected
8 Apr 2025
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2021

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jul 2021Good
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Oct 2019Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • May 2017Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective
  • May 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
75%
Replies
36
5% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼81% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼83% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼78% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●86% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼81% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼70% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼77% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼78% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼86% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼61% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼64% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 78% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼41% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 61% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼63% agreeEngland 67%

based on 11 parents (31%) with SEND

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