Miscellaneous
Berwick-upon-Tweed · TD15 2PX · Northumberland
Ages 16–99
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 NextURN 122291
Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford
Voluntary aided school · Berwick-upon-Tweed · TD15 2QA
Ages 4–10 · 49 pupils · Northumberland
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Overall absence
5.5%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Inspection date
2024-06-19
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.5%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.9%
Unauthorised1.3%
- Authorised absence
- 4.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 38
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
11
Places offered
11
1st-preference offers
11
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 14
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 11
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill65%
49 pupils · 75 places
- Pupils on roll
- 49
- Boys / girls
- 30 / 19
- School capacity
- 75
- Capacity fill
- 49 / 75 (65%)
- Free school meals
- 16.3%
- FSM pupils
- 8
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 4–10
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Newcastle
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Roberts
Location
- Address
- Bank Top, Ford
- Postcode
- TD15 2QA
- Town
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- County
- Northumberland
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- District
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–10, in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, 49 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 16.3%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Newcastle.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher Roberts
- Telephone
- 01890820217