The Blyth Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Blyth, NE24 4JP
- Distance
- 1.8km away
Bede Academy
Sixth Avenue, Blyth, NE24 2SY
Local ranking10th of 27 secondary schools in Northumberland
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
All-through
Phase
1780
Capacity
3-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 30 April 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 227
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 53.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 14.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.0
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.6
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
58
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 230
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 2012
- Boys
- 1035 (51%)
- Girls
- 995 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1780 (114% full)
- SEND
- 15.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.5%
- EAL
- 3.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 12.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 107.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,787/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Religious Character
- Christian
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 91.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Other: 1.6%
- Black African: 1.2%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
- Asian Chinese: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
91.9%
White British
1.8%
Mixed White & Asian
1.6%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sixth Avenue
Blyth, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 135619
- UKPRN
- 10027529
- Establishment No.
- 6905
- Trust
- EMMANUEL SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
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