Ashington Academy
Ashington, NE63 8DH · Northumberland · secondary school
3rd of 16 secondary schools in Northumberland we can score, 30 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 8.6/10 against 631 of them, against 7.0/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 52 | 34% | 1.77 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 49.3 · 63 | 30% | 1.92 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | 0.46 · 82 | 25% | 2.08 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 47.1 · 58 | 10% | 0.59 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 49.3% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 47.1, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.46 in 2023/24, indicating better progress than pupils nationally who started from the same place. Ofsted rated the school Good in May 2022. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (8.6 out of 10 against similar schools, 7.0 out of 10 against all schools).
Getting in. The school has 966 pupils in a capacity of 1250, leaving 284 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils’ progress in English and maths to maintain their current attainment levels? What specific opportunities exist for pupils to develop skills beyond the core curriculum? How does the school manage class sizes to ensure individual attention for each student?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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