Ashington Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ashington, NE63 8DH
- Distance
- 2.1km away
NCEA Duke's Secondary School
Academy Road, Ashington, NE63 9FZ
Local ranking23rd of 27 secondary schools in Northumberland
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1150
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 28 April 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Needs attention
- Attendance & behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 36.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 49.1% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 175
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Higher education
- 27.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 16.0%
- Employment
- 27.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
19
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 84
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1045
- Boys
- 474 (48%)
- Girls
- 506 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1150 (85% full)
- SEND
- 24.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 49.8%
- EAL
- 3.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.8%
- SEN Support
- 18.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 68.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,972/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
- 13.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 39.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 94.4%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Other: 1.0%
- White Other: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Asian Other: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.2%
94.4%
White British
1.6%
Black African
1.0%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Academy Road
Ashington, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 135886
- UKPRN
- 10027549
- Establishment No.
- 6906
- Trust
- NORTHUMBERLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST
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