All-through
NCEA Castle School
Academy Road, Ashington, NE63 9FZ
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 158 of 150 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 8.3
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- NORTHUMBERLAND CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 58.2
- Pupils per adult
- 2.4
- Pupils
- 138
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 November 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
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 time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
Academy Road, Ashington, NE63 9FZ
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 15 January, 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
- Headteacher
- Patrick Ford-Hutchinson
- Address
- Academy Road, Ashington, NE63 9FZ
- Telephone
- 01670844322