Berwick Academy, Berwick-upon-Tweed

Academy in Northumberland, England

Berwick Academy
Address

Adams Drive Berwick-upon-Tweed Northumberland, TD15 2JF England
Coordinates	55°45′20″N 2°00′12″W / 55.75566°N 2.00344°W / 55.75566; -2.00344
Information
Type	Academy
Local authority	Northumberland
Department for Education URN	137598 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	Tracy Hush
Gender	Coeducational
Age	13 to 18
Website	http://www.berwickacademy.co.uk/

Berwick Academy (formerly Berwick Community High School) is a coeducational upper school and sixth form located in Berwick-upon-Tweed in the English county of Northumberland. on the border with Scotland.

Previously a community school administered by Northumberland County Council, Berwick Community High School converted to academy status in November 2011 and was renamed Berwick Academy. However the school continues to coordinate with Northumberland County Council for admissions.

Berwick Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels.

As of 2020, the school's most recent Ofsted inspection was in 2018, with a judgement of 'inadequate'.

Alumni

The alumni of Berwick Academy, previously known as Berwick-upon-Tweed Community High School before 2011 include:

Jeremy Purvis, MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale between 2003 and 2011; made a life peer in 2013 and currently sits in the House of Lords as a Liberal Democrat.

References

"Berwick Academy". berwickacademy.co.uk.
"Sixth Form". berwick-academy.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
Griffiths, Tudor (2018). "Berwick Academy". Ofsted. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

External links

Berwick Academy official website

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