Berwick Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland·TD15 2JF
Composite score
50.4
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#2,478
National rank
#113
In North East
#12
In Northumberland
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
40.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
34%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
55%
% EBacc grade 5+
1%
EBacc average points score
3.28

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Requires improvement

School profile

Age range
13–18
Pupils on roll
586
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
6.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
12.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
36.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,428
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
84%
132 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
73%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
8%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Location

Berwick Academy at a glance

Located in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, Berwick Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 586 pupils aged 13 to 18. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 40.3, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.7 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

34% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 55% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. After Year 11, 84% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 12.5%. There are about 13.9 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Berwick Academy, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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