Schools in Ashington
Ashington has 10 schools coordinated by Northumberland County Council, with 6 primaries and 2 secondary schools - Ashington Academy and NCEA Duke's Secondary. Seven of the 8 Ofsted-rated schools hold a Good or Outstanding rating. Two schools are oversubscribed, so families should check the school's admissions criteria and the council's published last-offered distances carefully.
Five of the 10 schools have a religious character, reflecting Northumberland's strong Church of England tradition. Ashington is a former mining town now served predominantly by community schools and academies; the oversubscription at popular schools means catchment boundaries can shift year to year as cohort sizes vary.
School demand in Ashington
Across the 8 schools in Ashington with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 92%. 2 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Ashington have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
9 of the schools in Ashington are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Northumberland, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Ashington have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Ashington: 1 oversubscribed (6)
NCEA Bishop's Primary School
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Ashington · NE63 9FZ
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington
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Ashington · NE63 9LR
NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School
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Ashington · NE63 0LF
NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School
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Ashington · NE63 9LP
Central Academy
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Ashington · NE63 0AX
Bothal Academy
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Ashington · NE63 8HZ
Secondary Schools in Ashington (2)
Other Schools in Ashington (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Ashington are set by Northumberland and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.