The Blyth Academy
Chase Farm Drive, Blyth, NE24 4JP
Local ranking13th of 27 secondary schools in Northumberland
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 58.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 38.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.4 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 145
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 77.0%
- Continued in education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 772
- Boys
- 386 (50%)
- Girls
- 386 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (70% full)
- SEND
- 16.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 50.4%
- EAL
- 4.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 12.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,821/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 29.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 93.8%
- White Other: 1.1%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Other: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.4%
93.8%
White British
1.1%
White Other
1.1%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 140002
- UKPRN
- 10042701
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST