Bede Academy, Blyth

In 2026, pupils at Bede Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.9 in Northumberland and 47 across England.

47% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in Northumberland and 47% in England.

That is down from 48.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.1: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36, against 51 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Religious Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 174 families put Bede Academy as their first choice and 239 named it as one of their preferences, for 131 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 43 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Bede Academy are The Blyth Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.7); Bedlington Academy (2.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.6); Seaton Sluice Middle School (2.4 miles, Good); and Whytrig Middle School (3 miles, Good).

Bede Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Bede Academy is one of 5 schools run by Emmanuel Schools Foundation, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.9 in 2024/25.

Of the 213 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 34% to a further education college, 7% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 96 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 60% went on to university or other higher education, 10% to apprenticeships and 17% into work. 19% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

4.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 271 pupils (13.3%) received SEN support and 60 (3%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Newsham Railway Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Southend Avenue (opposite), 220 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bede Academy stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 526 crimes within a mile of the school, most often shoplifting, violence and sexual offences and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Northumberland (44), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Bede Academy issued 690 suspensions, 34.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 13 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Bede Academy are Newsham Primary School (0.4 miles), St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles), Croftway Academy (0.5 miles) and Malvin's Close Academy (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.