The Blyth Academy
Secondary schoolThe Blyth Academy is a secondary school in Northumberland, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 766 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, April 2025
Before that: Good (overall), July 2021
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 6 July 2021
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 9 April 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Blyth Academy was 40.7, against 42.8 in Northumberland and 46.2 in England.
43.7% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Northumberland | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 40.7 | 42.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43.7% | 41.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59.5% | 61% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 126 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- The Dales SchoolSpecial. School remains Outstanding, February 2024540 m
- Horton Grange Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), June 2023. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- Morpeth Road AcademyPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- New Delaval Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Malvin's Close AcademyPrimary. Outstanding (overall), January 2023. 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.5 km
- Newsham Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Northumberland
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).