The Blyth Academy
Chase Farm Drive, Blyth, NE24 4JP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST
- Principal
- Ms Jodie Urwin
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Northern Education Trust
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,100
- Pupils on roll
- 766
- URN
- 140002
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01670798100
About this school
The Blyth Academy is a secondary academy in Blyth. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 766 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 141 | 170 | 145 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.2 | 41.0 | 49.2 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.13 -0.37 to +0.11 | -0.18 -0.40 to +0.04 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 50% | 58.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% | 63.5% | 71.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 48% | 44.1% | 38.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Blyth Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Northumberland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 40.2 | 35.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41 | 36.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.2 | 35.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 15.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 782 |
| 2023/24 | 830 |
| 2024/25 | 772 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Blyth Academy compares
The Blyth Academy ranked 4th of 16 secondary schools in Northumberland for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 73% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49.2 | 10.4% | 50.4% | 766 | — |
| Bedlington Academy | 47.4 | 8.2% | 31.9% | 822 | 1.2 miles |
| St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy | 41.3 | 11.1% | 31.1% | 994 | 2.3 miles |
| Seaton Valley High School | 43.2 | 10.2% | 33.1% | 656 | 3.5 miles |
| NCEA Duke's Secondary School | 32 | 13.6% | 49.8% | 980 | 3.6 miles |
| Cramlington Learning Village | 46.7 | 9% | 23.7% | 1,989 | 3.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report9 April 2025
- 6 July 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 50.39%
- English as an additional language
- 4.5%
- Overall absence
- 10.44%
- Persistent absence
- 29.62%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bedlington Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Bedlington
-
St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Bedlington
-
Seaton Valley High School3.5 miles
Secondary · Seaton Delaval
-
NCEA Duke's Secondary School3.6 miles
Secondary · Ashington
-
Cramlington Learning Village3.7 miles
Secondary · Cramlington
Other schools in Blyth
- Cambois Primary School Primary
- Croftway Academy Primary
- Horton Grange Primary School Primary
- Malvin's Close Academy Primary
- Morpeth Road Academy Primary
- New Delaval Primary School Primary
- Newsham Primary School Primary
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Bede Academy All-through
- Gilbert Ward Academy Free Schools
- The Dales School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does The Blyth Academy teach?
- The Blyth Academy teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Blyth.
- Who is the principal of The Blyth Academy?
- The principal of The Blyth Academy is Ms Jodie Urwin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Blyth Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Blyth Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Blyth Academy?
- The Blyth Academy has 766 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is The Blyth Academy full?
- The Blyth Academy has capacity for 1,100 pupils and 766 on roll (70%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Blyth Academy a faith school?
- No. The Blyth Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is The Blyth Academy a selective school?
- No. The Blyth Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Blyth Academy?
- The Blyth Academy is part of NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Blyth Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.2 in 2022/23 and 49.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Blyth Academy rank locally?
- The Blyth Academy ranked 4th of 16 secondary schools in Northumberland for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 73% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Blyth Academy's absence rate?
- The Blyth Academy's overall absence rate is 10.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Blyth Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Blyth Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 7 July 2026.