Secondary
The Blyth Academy
Chase Farm Drive, Blyth, NE24 4JP
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 766 of 1100 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.0
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 55.0
- Pupils per adult
- 15.1
- Pupils
- 830
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2025
Standards maintained
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
59%
49.2
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.43 |
| Entered the EBacc | 39% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46% |
| 22/23 | 39% |
| 23/24 | 50% |
| 24/25 | 59% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 0.00 |
| 22/23 | -0.13 |
| 23/24 | -0.18 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.5 |
| 22/23 | 40.2 |
| 23/24 | 41.0 |
| 24/25 | 49.2 |
Chase Farm Drive, Blyth, NE24 4JP
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Northumberland admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Jodie Urwin
- Address
- Chase Farm Drive, Blyth, NE24 4JP
- Telephone
- 01670798100