Graded inspection · Jun 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Northumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry109 applications · 88 places offered · 88 named it first
- 2026 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2016 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.1
- 2015 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.1
- 2014 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.1
- This school
- Northumberland median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 88 | 109 | 1.2 | 88 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sep 2016 | 75 | 83 | 1.1 | 75 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 80 | 91 | 1.1 | 80 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 78 | 88 | 1.1 | 78 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 96 | 32.7 | 16% | 41% | – |
| 2024/25 | 85 | 34.9 | 24% | 39% | – |
| 2023/24 | 96 | 34.1 | 18% | 40% | −0.36 |
| 2022/23 | 90 | 40.7 | 27% | 58% | +0.10 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Coquet Community SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20221.2applications per place 32.7Attainment 8
- 10.2 km · NorthumberlandRequires improvement20211.1applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 16.7 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.3applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 17.1 km · Northumberland20261.3applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 18.1 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade202451.1Attainment 8
- 18.6 km · Northumberland2026
- 18.7 km · Northumberland2026
- 19.7 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good2022
- 21.2 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.4applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 122363 · 929/4439
- Capacity
- 1,049 pupils · 567 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Replaced
- James Calvert Spence College - South Avenue (URN 122349); James Calvert Spence College - Hadston Road (URN 122344)
- Address
- Acklington Road, Amble, Morpeth, NE65 0NG
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources