Living in Berwick-upon-Tweed with children
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 13,181 people in 6,141 households; 23.2% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
12 schools: 10 state primary, 1 state secondary, 1 privateBerwick-upon-Tweed on the schools map →Every school in Berwick-upon-Tweed, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (10)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berwick St Mary's Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Holy Island Church of England Primary School | Good | — | — |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford | School remains Good (Concerns) | — | — |
| Norham St Ceolwulfs CofE Controlled Primary School | Good | — | — |
| Prior Park Primary School | Good | — | — |
| Scremerston First School | Good | — | — |
| Spittal Community Primary School | Standards maintained | — | — |
| St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Berwick | Standards maintained | — | — |
| Tweedmouth West Primary School | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berwick Academy | Requires improvement | (13/16) in Northumberland | — |
Private schools (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longridge Towers School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | 1st (1/1) in Northumberland | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (23 detached, 39 semi-detached, 57 terraced, 21 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Berwick-upon-Tweed →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 79% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 95%, on average across the 501 postcodes in TD15. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 4 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.04 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 4 in Northumberland.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Northumberland
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Northumberland.
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