Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Northumberland
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention | ||||
| Achievement | Needs attention | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
- 6 June 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
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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 entry215 applications · 170 places offered · 171 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2025 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2024 1.5; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2023 1.3; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2022 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.3
- 2021 1.2; Northumberland median median 1.4
- 2020 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.4
- This school
- Northumberland median
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 | 170 | 215 | 1.3 | 171 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 187 | 245 | 1.3 | 203 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2024 | 190 | 276 | 1.5 | 221 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2023 | 189 | 249 | 1.3 | 191 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2022 | 190 | 222 | 1.2 | 176 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 174 | 206 | 1.2 | 173 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2020 | 161 | 184 | 1.1 | 160 | 0.99 |
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.) | 175 | 36.3 | 33% | 49% | – |
| 2024/25 | 188 | 32.0 | 21% | 42% | – |
| 2023/24 | 180 | 34.0 | 26% | 46% | −1.05 |
| 2022/23 | 167 | 39.7 | 34% | 56% | −0.97 |
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
- NCEA Duke's Secondary SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.3applications per place 36.3Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.3applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.4applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · NorthumberlandStandards maintained20251.2applications per place 40.7Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · NorthumberlandGood20231.5applications per place 43.6Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · NorthumberlandGood20241.8applications per place 45.4Attainment 8
- 9.4 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade202451.1Attainment 8
- 9.8 km · Northumberland2026
- 9.9 km · Northumberland2026
- 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
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135886 · 929/6906
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 1,150 pupils · 980 on roll
- Free school meals
- 50.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2009
- Address
- Academy Road, Ashington, NE63 9FZ
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources