Bedlington Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 13 2022 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
144977
Address
Palace Road, NE22 7DS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
809 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
0.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.6%
Persistent absence
21.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 96.2%
Mixed 1.6%
Other White 0.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%
African 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.2
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 37%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.3
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.89
Local authority average 3.8
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award49
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award35
Health StudiesTechnical Award43
MultimediaTechnical Award45
Art & DesignGCSE40
BiologyGCSE18
ChemistryGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE139
English LiteratureGCSE139
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE18
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bedlington Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
166
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
186
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
13
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
165
2nd preference
1
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 classes20.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
163
80
83
Year 8
156
79
77
Year 9
148
81
67
Year 10
149
76
73
Year 11
128
69
59
Year 12
37
15
22
Year 13
28
15
13
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
82.3%
86.5%
Further education
42.0%
34.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
30.0%
47.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
5.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
5.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
68.0%
69.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
28.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
25.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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