Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Sixth form provision | Requires improvement |
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry- 2018 1.0; Northumberland median median 1.1
- 2017 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.2
- 2016 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.1
- 2015 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.1
- 2014 1.1; Northumberland median median 1.1
- This school
- Northumberland median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2018 | 121 | 122 | 1.0 | 121 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 126 | 138 | 1.1 | 125 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 149 | 163 | 1.1 | 149 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 138 | 148 | 1.1 | 138 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2014 | 166 | 175 | 1.1 | 166 | 1.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 154 | 39.3 | 33% | 46% | – |
| 2024/25 | 140 | 40.3 | 34% | 55% | – |
| 2023/24 | 156 | 38.6 | 30% | 54% | −0.85 |
| 2022/23 | 132 | 36.5 | 26% | 49% | −0.99 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Berwick AcademyThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement202439.3Attainment 8
- 44.2 km · NorthumberlandRequires improvement20211.1applications per place 41.3Attainment 8
- 50.6 km · NorthumberlandRemains Good2022
- 54.2 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.2applications per place 32.7Attainment 8
- 67.5 km · NorthumberlandGraded · no overall grade202451.1Attainment 8
- 67.8 km · Northumberland2026
- 67.8 km · Northumberland2026
- 69.7 km · NorthumberlandGood20221.3applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 70.0 km · NorthumberlandSome aspects not as strong2025
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137598 · 929/4437
- Trust
- Berwick Academy
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 934 pupils · 601 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2011
- Replaced
- Berwick Community High School (URN 122361)
- Address
- Adams Drive, Spittal, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 2JF
- Local authority
- Northumberland
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources