Biddick Academy

Term dates

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Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 180 families put this school as their first choice, and 193 places were offered. 180 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 10 March 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Strong standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Leadership and governance

Strong standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 17 November 2021. Overall: Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

1002 (capacity 1100)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

NORTH EAST LEARNING TRUST

Phone

01915111600

Address

Biddick Lane, Washington, NE38 8AL

Website

biddickacademy.com

Official school record, including Ofsted reports