Tweedmouth Community Middle School

Type Secondary / Community school
Age Range 9-13
Religion Does not apply
Address Billendean Terrace
Spittal
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 2DJ
Phone 01289307480
Reference Number 122348

Tweedmouth Community Middle School continues to perform well as a good school. The inspection reveals a positive atmosphere where pupils feel happy and safe, supported by dedicated staff who maintain high expectations. The school emphasizes both academic achievement and character development, offering a wide range of enriching activities that foster pupils' resilience and independence. While many parents express satisfaction with the school's influence on their children's development, the report identifies areas for improvement in specific teaching strategies and support for weaker readers.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 337
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 58.16%
Girls: 41.84%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 33.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28.1

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
5 41 35 76
6 46 36 82
7 52 37 89
8 57 33 90

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 92.6%
White, Other 3.6%
Indian 2.4%
Chinese 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Mixed, Other 0.3%
Asian, Other 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 04 Jun 2024
Date Report
04 Jun 2024 School inspection
27 Feb 2019 Full inspection:
17 Nov 2017 Monitoring visit
03 Nov 2016 Full inspection:
03 Dec 2014 Full inspection:
19 Oct 2010 Full inspection:
23 Mar 2010 Curriculum and development visit
11 Jun 2008 Full inspection:
30 Jan 2007 Curriculum and development visit
16 May 2005 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils are happy and feel safe at school.
  • Staff demonstrate a strong commitment to high-quality education.
  • A broad curriculum is in place with clearly sequenced knowledge and skills.
  • The school supports pupils with SEND effectively.
  • Pupils engage in various enriching extracurricular activities.
  • Pupils develop good communication and teamwork skills.
  • The school implements a clear and consistent behavior policy.

Areas for Improvement

  • Inconsistencies in supporting weaker readers.
  • Variable implementation of teaching strategies within the '5-a-day' approach.
  • Leaders do not consistently assess the impact of improvement initiatives.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 58%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1
Writing -1.1
Maths -0.9

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Name Distance
Prior Park Primary School
Dean Drive, Tweedmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 2DB
0.15 miles
Spittal Community Primary School
Main Street, Spittal, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1RD
0.54 miles
Tweedmouth West Primary School
Osborne Road, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 2HS
0.61 miles
St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Berwick
Prince Edward Road, Tweedmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 2EX
0.65 miles
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Bell Tower Place, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1NB
1.22 miles
Berwick Middle School
Lovaine Terrace, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1LA
1.31 miles
Scremerston First School
Scremerston, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 2RB
1.48 miles
Berwick St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Newfields, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 1SP
2.01 miles
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Berwick Academy
Adams Drive, Spittal, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, TD15 2JF
0.18 miles
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0.29 miles
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