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Malvin's Close Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Albion Way, Blyth NE24 5BL · malvinsclose.wiseacademies.co.uk · 01670 354082
On the mapSearch near NE24 5BL
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 63%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Northumberland 58%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 437
- 97% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 42.4%
- First language not English
- 6.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Wise Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 50 families put the school first and 48 places were offered; 96% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 48 | 50 | 1▲ | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 61 | 1▲ | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 62 | 1▲ | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Northumberland it was 58%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●63% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 139754)
Ofsted
Malvin's Close Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 24 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 24 Jan 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jul 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 139754), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139754)
Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 139754)
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 32
- 7% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied