Tweedmouth Community Middle School
Billendean Terrace, Spittal, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 2DJ
This school is open but due to close.
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 9 to 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Benjamin Hulbert
- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 439
- Pupils on roll
- 245
- URN
- 122348
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01289307480
About this school
Tweedmouth Community Middle School is a community middle school in Berwick-upon-Tweed. It teaches children aged 9 to 13 and has 245 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 5 June 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 94 | 91 | 83 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 60% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 8% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 80% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 75% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 73% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Tweedmouth Community Middle School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Northumberland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 54.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 52.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 56% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 359 |
| 2023/24 | 349 |
| 2024/25 | 337 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tweedmouth Community Middle School compares
Tweedmouth Community Middle School ranked 46th of 72 primary schools in Northumberland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 8.4% | 33.5% | 245 | — |
| Prior Park Primary School | — | 5% | 42.6% | 110 | 0.2 miles |
| Berwick Academy | — | 11.7% | 29.2% | 601 | 0.2 miles |
| The Grove Special School | — | 7.9% | 24.4% | 51 | 0.3 miles |
| Spittal Community Primary School | — | 4.6% | 32.1% | 128 | 0.5 miles |
| Tweedmouth West Primary School | — | 5.1% | 17.5% | 145 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.53%
- English as an additional language
- 5.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.42%
- Persistent absence
- 21.7%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Prior Park Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Berwick-upon-Tweed
-
Berwick Academy0.2 miles
Secondary · Berwick-upon-Tweed
-
The Grove Special School0.3 miles
Special schools · Berwick-upon-Tweed
-
Spittal Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Berwick-upon-Tweed
-
Tweedmouth West Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Berwick-upon-Tweed
Other schools in Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Berwick Middle School Middle deemed secondary
- Berwick St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Holy Island Church of England Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford Primary
- Norham St Ceolwulfs CofE Controlled Primary School Primary
- Prior Park Primary School Primary
- Scremerston First School Primary
- Spittal Community Primary School Primary
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Berwick Primary
- Tweedmouth West Primary School Primary
- Berwick Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Tweedmouth Community Middle School teach?
- Tweedmouth Community Middle School teaches children aged 9 to 13. It is a middle school in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
- Who is the headteacher of Tweedmouth Community Middle School?
- The headteacher of Tweedmouth Community Middle School is Mr Benjamin Hulbert, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Tweedmouth Community Middle School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tweedmouth Community Middle School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Tweedmouth Community Middle School?
- Tweedmouth Community Middle School has 245 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 13.
- Is Tweedmouth Community Middle School a faith school?
- No. Tweedmouth Community Middle School has no designated religious character.
- How have Tweedmouth Community Middle School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Tweedmouth Community Middle School rank locally?
- Tweedmouth Community Middle School ranked 46th of 72 primary schools in Northumberland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Tweedmouth Community Middle School's absence rate?
- Tweedmouth Community Middle School's overall absence rate is 8.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Tweedmouth Community Middle School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tweedmouth Community Middle School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.