The Blyth Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 7 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Northumberland
Unique reference
140002
Address
Chase Farm Drive, NE24 4JP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
830 (57% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
4%
Free school meals (FSM)
48.6%
Persistent absence
40.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89%
Unclassified 3.1%
African 2.5%
Mixed 1.3%
Other White 0.8%
Other Asian 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Indian 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.13
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.2
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.73
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award3
Health StudiesTechnical Award37
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE18
Business Studies:SingleGCSE25
ChemistryGCSE18
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE137
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Blyth Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
157
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
94
2nd preference
92
3rd preference
16
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
94
2nd preference
63
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
204
103
101
Year 8
164
83
81
Year 9
140
66
74
Year 10
152
75
77
Year 11
170
101
69
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
82.3%
86.5%
Further education
59.0%
34.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
18.0%
47.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
5.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
5.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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