Malvin's Close Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
C67
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Blyth, NE24 5BL
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Morpeth Road Academy
Bates Avenue, Blyth, NE24 5TQ
Local ranking46th of 118 primary schools in Northumberland
Ofsted: StrongUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 30 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 64.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 76.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 56.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 45
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 288
- Boys
- 115 (45%)
- Girls
- 138 (55%)
- Capacity
- 420 (60% full)
- SEND
- 36.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 64.8%
- EAL
- 11.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 10.4%
- SEN Support
- 26.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,167/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 82.8%
- Black African: 4.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.8%
- Other: 2.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
- Asian Indian: 1.4%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
82.8%
White British
4.6%
Black African
2.8%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Bates Avenue
Blyth, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 139756
- UKPRN
- 10041862
- Establishment No.
- 2405
- Trust
- WISE ACADEMIES
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