Secondary
James Calvert Spence College
Acklington Road, Amble, Morpeth, NE65 0NG
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 567 of 1049 places
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Sixth form
- Yes
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
24%
34.9
5th of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Morpeth we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 99 |
| Average reading score | 100 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 30% |
| Working at a higher standard | 3% |
| Attainment 8 | 34.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 2.95 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 39% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% |
| A level average points per entry | 23.67 |
| A level students | 18 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 30% |
| 23/24 | 30% |
| 24/25 | 30% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 26% |
| 22/23 | 27% |
| 23/24 | 18% |
| 24/25 | 24% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 32.5 |
| 22/23 | 24.6 |
| 23/24 | 23.3 |
| 24/25 | 23.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 100.0 |
| 24/25 | 100.0 |
Acklington Road, Amble, Morpeth, NE65 0NG
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Northumberland admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- James Andriot
- Address
- Acklington Road, Amble, Morpeth, NE65 0NG
- Telephone
- 01665710636