The Blyth Academy, Blyth

In 2026, pupils at The Blyth Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.9 in Northumberland and 47 across England.

44% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 41% in Northumberland and 47% in England.

That is down from 49.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.18: pupils made below 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 35, against 47.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 12.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 19 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 135 families put The Blyth Academy as their first choice and 208 named it as one of their preferences, for 171 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Blyth Academy are Bede Academy (1.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.4); Bedlington Academy (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.6); St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.6); and Seaton Sluice Middle School (3.4 miles, Good).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than The Blyth Academy.

The Blyth Academy is one of 30 schools run by Northern Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 47.5 in 2024/25.

36 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Blyth Academy (as of September 2025): 75% would recommend the school, 81% say their child is happy there and 56% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (86%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (56%).

Of the 170 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 70% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 47% to a further education college, 5% to an apprenticeship and 5% into work.

50.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 4.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The Blyth Academy had 31 teachers in 2026, one for every 25 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Blyth Bebside Railway Station, about 610 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Swaledale Avenue (sw-bound), 300 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 151 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Northumberland (44), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, The Blyth Academy issued 944 suspensions, 122.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Blyth Academy are Horton Grange Primary School (0.3 miles), Morpeth Road Academy (0.8 miles), New Delaval Primary School (0.9 miles) and Malvin's Close Academy (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.