The Blyth Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Looked after and previously looked after children — Students who are in the care of the LA or a child who was previously looked after (including those children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and cease to be in state care as a result of being adopted). Previously looked after children are children who were looked after but ceased to be so because they were adopted, or subject to a child arrangement or special guardianship order.
2. 2Admission of students who need specialist provision due to their complex needs — Admission of students who need specialist provision due to their complex needs. These criteria apply to students who have Special Educational Needs, who do not have an Education, Health Care Plan and through the Review process have been identified as in need of a ‘named’ mainstream school that can offer the relevant support and resources.
3. 3Sibling link — Admission of students whose siblings currently attend the academy and who will continue to do so on the date of admission. Siblings (brothers or sisters) are considered to be those children who live at the same address and either: • Have one or both natural parents in common • Are related by a parent’s marriage • Are adopted or are fostered • Their parents are married/co-habiting and children permanently live together in the same household, including step-siblings • Are children of the same household who permanently live at the same address 5 3 |
4. 4Admission of students whose normal address is in the academy admission zone at the time… — Admission of students whose normal address is in the academy admission zone at the time of their application to the academy.
5. 5Exceptional medical or psychological grounds — Students who have social or medical reasons for being admitted to the academy which would, should the child not be admitted, cause him or her to be seriously disadvantaged or put their personal safety at risk. For each case the academy will need proof from an independent person such as a medical specialist who has been involved with the child over a period of time, a social worker, an attendance officer or another professional. The academy will not offer places within this category, based on a child’s ability or intelligence.
6. 6If the academy becomes oversubscribed within a single criterion, it will prioritise on t… — If the academy becomes oversubscribed within a single criterion, it will prioritise on the basis of the proximity of the *normal address to the academy closest first. The distance, which determines how close a student lives to the academy, is the measurement from the main entrance of the student’s normal address to the main entrance of the academy. The distance will be measured in a straight-line using Route Finder, a computerised mapping system which measures from the centre of the home address point to the designated centre of the main entrance to the academy. *(Normal address: Where parents live at separate addresses and have joint custody, the address used will be the one where the child spends the main part of the school week i.e. Sunday night to Thursday night inclusive. Child care arrangements involving relatives’ addresses do not qualify as normal family addresses for this purpose unless there is a court Residence Order in place. The qualification date is the closing date for applications under the coordinated admissions scheme. Where families change normal address after the closing date but before the allocation process has finished, this can be considered under the LA’s coordinated scheme.)

Transcribed verbatim from Section 5 of Northumberland County Council's Admissions Handbook for Middle, Secondary and High Schools 2027-28, which reproduces the determined admission policy of each voluntary aided, foundation, trust and academy school. A child with an Education, Health and Care Plan naming the school is admitted first; that is not an oversubscription criterion. Northumberland runs a three-tier pattern in parts of the county, so entry is at Year 5 (middle), Year 7 (secondary) or Year 9 (high). Section: 'The Blyth Academy' (handbook page 53).

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.