Bothal Academy
Ashington, NE63 8HZ · Northumberland local authority
Ashington’s School Grade C− better than 18% of towns in England
What stands out about Bothal Academy
- Its own letter, B−: Key Stage 2 results better than 45% of England’s primary schools
- Ofsted: Outstanding, October 2023 (shown, not graded)
- 98% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (89 of 91)
- Homes in its postcode sector (NE63 8) sold for a median £145,000; Ashington’s is £140,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 61%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 45% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Northumberland avg 57%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 105 (100 = the expected standard)
Disadvantaged pupils, 2025
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 18 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools
These results were published under the school’s predecessor (URN 122239), before it converted or merged. England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Bothal Academy?
98% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2025 (21), 2026 (2). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Wise Academies sets the admissions rules. Apply through Northumberland council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
98% got their first choice
Ashington and Northumberland, side by side
2023–2025All 81 graded primaries in Northumberland. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Ashington’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, Prudhoe | A+ | 16% | 84% |
| St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington | A | 12% | 78% |
| Burnside Primary School | A | 7% | 77% |
| Bede Academy | A | 25% | 77% |
| Haltwhistle Primary Academy | A | 26% | 77% |
| Wark Church of England Primary School | A | 20% | 77% |
| Swarland Primary School | A | 4% | 76% |
| Corbridge Middle School | A− | 11% | 75% |
| Darras Hall Primary School | A− | 4% | 75% |
| Heddon-on-the-Wall, St Andrew's Church of England Primary School | A− | 9% | 75% |
| Horton Grange Primary School | A− | 33% | 74% |
| Cragside CofE Controlled Primary School | A− | 15% | 74% |
| Cramlington Northburn Primary School | A− | 10% | 73% |
| Ss Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary Academy | A− | 30% | 73% |
| Ellington Primary School | A− | 16% | 72% |
| Croftway Academy | A− | 41% | 71% |
| Eastlea Primary School | B+ | 26% | 70% |
| Hexham Middle School | B+ | 15% | 70% |
| Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School | B+ | 15% | 70% |
| Belsay Primary School | B+ | 5% | 69% |
| Ovingham Middle School | B+ | 10% | 68% |
| Henshaw Church of England Primary School | B+ | 20% | 68% |
| Richard Coates Church of England Primary School | B | 9% | 67% |
| NCEA Warkworth Church of England Primary School | B | 13% | 67% |
| Belford Primary School | B | 18% | 66% |
| Ponteland Primary School | B | 8% | 66% |
| Swansfield Park Primary School | B | 12% | 66% |
| Morpeth Chantry Middle School | B | 14% | 65% |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Alnwick | B | 19% | 65% |
| Hareside Primary School | B− | 23% | 64% |
| Ncea Harry Hotspur Church of England Primary School | B− | 40% | 64% |
| Hipsburn Primary School | B− | 4% | 63% |
| Ponteland Community Primary School | B− | 8% | 63% |
| Ringway Primary School | B− | 22% | 62% |
| Shaftoe Trust Academy | B− | 26% | 62% |
| Longhoughton Church of England Primary School | B− | 18% | 62% |
| Whittingham Church of England Primary School | B− | 7% | 61% |
| Morpeth Newminster Middle School | B− | 12% | 61% |
| Malvin's Close Academy | C+ | 42% | 60% |
| Shilbottle Primary School | C+ | 16% | 60% |
| Allendale Primary School | C+ | 13% | 59% |
| Stamfordham Primary School | C+ | 11% | 58% |
| Seahouses Primary School | C+ | 12% | 58% |
| NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School | C | 37% | 57% |
| Felton Church of England Primary School | C | 0% | 56% |
| Whitfield CofE Primary School | C | 10% | 56% |
| Highfield Middle School | C | 31% | 56% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, Hexham | C | 19% | 56% |
| Meadowdale Academy | C | 21% | 55% |
| Stead Lane Primary School | C− | 46% | 53% |
| Embleton Vincent Edwards Church of England Primary School | C− | 1% | 53% |
| Cramlington Shanklea Primary School | C− | 22% | 51% |
| Whytrig Middle School | C− | 36% | 51% |
| Whalton Church of England Aided Primary School | C− | 9% | 50% |
| Newbrough Church of England Primary School | C− | 17% | 50% |
| Greenhead Church of England Nursery and Primary School | C− | 30% | 50% |
| Bedlington Station Primary School | C− | 41% | 49% |
| Cambois Primary School | C− | 40% | 49% |
| Pegswood Primary School | C− | 37% | 49% |
| Bedlington West End Primary School | C− | 24% | 48% |
| Seaton Sluice Middle School | C− | 32% | 48% |
| NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School | C− | 56% | 48% |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School | D | 38% | 47% |
| St Bede's Catholic Primary School | D | 13% | 47% |
| Ellingham Church of England Primary School | D | 12% | 47% |
| Cramlington Village Primary School | D | 31% | 46% |
| New Delaval Primary School | D | 51% | 44% |
| Morpeth Road Academy | D | 60% | 44% |
| NCEA Bishop's Primary School | D | 38% | 44% |
| NCEA William Leech CofE Primary School | D | 59% | 44% |
| Newsham Primary School | D | 41% | 43% |
| Bellingham Middle School and Sports College | D | 28% | 43% |
| Stakeford Primary School | D | 29% | 42% |
| NCEA Grace Darling CofE Primary School | D | 43% | 42% |
| Choppington Primary School | D | 75% | 41% |
| Beaconhill Community Primary School | D− | 43% | 38% |
| Bedlington Whitley Memorial Church of England Primary School | D− | 40% | 35% |
| Mowbray Primary School | D− | 30% | 33% |
| Coquet Community School | D− | 34% | 30% |
| Otterburn Primary School | D− | 17% | 27% |
| Linton Primary School | D− | 64% | 0% |
Bothal Academy’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Graded inspection: Outstanding, October 2023.
Living near Bothal Academy
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in NE63 8, the school’s postcode sector
Ashington property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in NE63 8 sell for a little over Ashington’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
8 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Ashington, NE63 8HZ
Bothal Academy: common questions
Is Bothal Academy a good school?
By its published results, about average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 45% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B−), with 61% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Outstanding, October 2023.
How hard is it to get into Bothal Academy?
For September 2026, 91 families put Bothal Academy first and 89 of them were offered a place; 89 places were offered in all.
What is Bothal Academy’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (October 2023).
How much do houses cost near Bothal Academy?
Homes in its postcode sector, NE63 8, sold for a median £145,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (337 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Ashington’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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