Graded inspection · Apr 2024 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 30 April 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 21 June 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry239 applications · 131 places offered · 174 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.8; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2025 1.6; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2024 1.9; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2023 1.9; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2022 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2021 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2020 1.7; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2019 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.3
- This school
- Northumberland median
Reception entry, September 2026: 1.4 per place (106 applications for 74 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 | 131 | 239 | 1.8 | 174 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2025 | 129 | 206 | 1.6 | 152 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2024 | 122 | 235 | 1.9 | 191 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2023 | 134 | 260 | 1.9 | 197 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2022 | 134 | 226 | 1.7 | 164 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2021 | 136 | 210 | 1.5 | 160 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2020 | 134 | 221 | 1.7 | 150 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2019 | 128 | 185 | 1.5 | 127 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Sep 2015 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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.) | 227 | 45.4 | 47% | 62% | – |
| 2024/25 | 199 | 48.9 | 48% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 213 | 46.7 | 52% | 72% | −0.10 |
| 2022/23 | 188 | 41.3 | 39% | 58% | −0.35 |
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
- Bede AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20241.8applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20251.2applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 3.5 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.4applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good2023
- 4.8 km · Northumberland2026
- 4.9 km · NorthumberlandSome aspects not as strong202438.7Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.5applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · Northumberland20261.2applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · Northumberland20261.3applications per place 36.3Attainment 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
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 135619 · 929/6905
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Christian
- Capacity
- 1,780 pupils · 2,030 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Address
- Sixth Avenue, Blyth, NE24 2SY
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources