Other independent special school
Ashington · NE63 8SF · Northumberland
Ages 6–17
0.3 miles away
ClosedURN 145184
Buzz Learning Independent Specialist School
Other independent special school · Northumberland · NE63 8AP
Ages 11–16 · 24 pupils · Northumberland
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).
Capacity fill96%
24 pupils · 25 places
- Pupils on roll
- 24
- Boys / girls
- 13 / 11
- School capacity
- 25
- Capacity fill
- 24 / 25 (96%)
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Other independent special school
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Independent
- Headteacher
- Ms Gemma McCutcheon
Location
- Address
- 8 Esther Court, Wansbeck Business Park, Ashington
- Postcode
- NE63 8AP
- Town
- Northumberland
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- District
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Blyth and Ashington
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed other independent special school, Ages 11–16, in Northumberland, Northumberland, 24 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: independent, special school.
- Open schools in NE63
- 10
- Open schools in Northumberland LA
- 178
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Bothal Academy
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Primary
Ashington · NE63 8HZ · Northumberland
Ages 2–11
0.3 miles away
Other independent special school
Morpeth · NE61 6DR · Northumberland
Ages 6–16
0.4 miles away
Ashington Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Ashington · NE63 8DH · Northumberland
Ages 11–18
- Att848.8
- P80.5
- EM5+55%
- Absence8.8%
0.6 miles away
Central Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Ashington · NE63 0AX · Northumberland
Ages 2–11
0.7 miles away
NCEA James Knott CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Ashington · NE63 0LF · Northumberland
Ages 2–11
- KS254%
- Absence6.9%
- FSM36.5%
1.2 miles away
NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Ashington · NE63 9LP · Northumberland
Ages 2–11
- KS246%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM55.8%
1.3 miles away
St Aidan's Catholic Primary School, Ashington
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Ashington · NE63 9LR · Northumberland
Ages 3–11
- KS276%
- Absence4.7%
- FSM11.8%
1.3 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Gemma McCutcheon