Berwick Academy

UID 2298·Companies House 07807248·Incorporated October 2011·Compare

Schools

Flags

2 high severity

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Feb 2024Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£4.7m

586 pupils

Avg staff costs

76.5%

of income

Avg reserves

-10.4%

of income

Avg absence

11.7%

Persistent: 36.1%

More metrics

Avg FSM

28.4%

free school meals

Capacity

63%

586 / 934 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at -10.4%below 5% threshold7 of 9 directors appointed in last 2 years1 school with workforce pressure1 school with absence above 8%1 school in deficit1 school with Ofsted concerns

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

RI 1

Behaviour & attitudes

RI 1

Personal development

Good 1

Leadership & management

RI 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

40.3

-5.9

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressBerwick Academy, Berwick Upon Tweed, TD15 2JF

Companies House07807248

Incorporated12 October 2011

Trust growth over time

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

16/17

17/18

18/19

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	1	523	£3.8m	£3.9m	74.4%	-1.9%
2022/23	1	545	£4.2m	£3.6m	66.1%	-6.4%
2023/24	1	586	£4.7m	£5.0m	76.5%	-10.4%
2024/25partial	1	586	—	—	—	—

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

0.0%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£0

CS staff costs

£0

CS income

£0

Admin & clerical£0

Teaching staff£0

ICT£0

Premises£0

Legal & professional£0

Auditor costs£0

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

9 current directors · Average tenure: 1.6 years · 9 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (9)

Shona Louise Richardson

director·< 1 year

James Matthew Mahon

director·< 1 year

Mark Alan Fox

director·< 1 year

Roy Dr Jobson

director·< 1 year

Ben James Ryder

director·< 1 year

Stephanie Margaret Pattison

director·1 year

Clare Victoria Doherty

director·1 year

Michael David Burton

director·3 years

Clive Maurice Robinson

director·4 years

61 former officers — most recent departure: Mar 2026

Alexandra Katherine Louise Dr Thorp

director·< 1 year·Resigned Mar 2026

Stephen George Gibson

director·1 year·Resigned Apr 2025

Shona Louise Richardson

director·2 years·Resigned Sept 2024

Marion Dickson

director·2 years·Resigned Mar 2026

Gary Richard Douglas

director·3 years·Resigned Apr 2025

Anne Elizabeth Leaver

director·4 years·Resigned Nov 2022

Mark David Allen

director·5 years·Resigned Feb 2023

Joanne Elizabeth Wilson

director·5 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Tracy Anne Hush

director·6 years·Resigned Aug 2024

Kerry Louise Elaine Beresford

director·7 years·Resigned Mar 2019

Ruth Ann Williamson

director·7 years·Resigned Jan 2021

Denise Margaret Shearer

director·7 years·Resigned Feb 2020

Christine Margaret Robinson

director·7 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Donna Louise Goddard

director·7 years·Resigned Jun 2024

Susannah Garside

director·7 years·Resigned Dec 2018

Svein Alexander Johnston-larsen

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2018

Timothy James Withnall

director·8 years·Resigned Jan 2019

Andrew Dickson

director·8 years·Resigned Jul 2019

John Michael Benjamin Gilchrist

director·8 years·Resigned Apr 2024

Laura Elizabeth Robertson

director·9 years·Resigned Jan 2018

Karen Bagley

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2018

Deborah Elaine Currans

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2018

Richard Matthew Professor Freeman

director·9 years·Resigned Sept 2018

Ann Margaret Revd. Dr Peters-wotherspoon

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2017

Susan Mary Dr Farrington

director·9 years·Resigned Mar 2018

Carol Marie Colbourne

director·10 years·Resigned Jan 2019

Yvette Hiroz

director·10 years·Resigned Mar 2018

David William Pye

director·11 years·Resigned Mar 2016

John Turnbull

director·11 years·Resigned Dec 2015

Sarah Elizabeth Dr Swales

director·11 years·Resigned Mar 2018

Barbara Anne Golightly

director·11 years·Resigned Jun 2016

Brian Collie Maynard

director·11 years·Resigned Jan 2017

Julia Hindhaugh

director·12 years·Resigned May 2016

Stuart Turnbull

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2014

Alexis Paula Joanne Widdowson

director·12 years·Resigned Feb 2018

Chris Spain

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Michael John Richard Maud

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2018

Pauline Plenderleith

director·13 years·Resigned Nov 2017

Kevin William Harrison

director·13 years·Resigned Jun 2016

Deborah Alison Purvis

director·13 years·Resigned Feb 2013

Elizabeth Isabel Hunter

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Sandra Carol Larmour

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

David Lowes Cairns

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2023

Malcolm Philip Green

director·13 years·Resigned Mar 2016

Margaret Ann Shaw

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Jacqueline Claire Carrick

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2014

Stephen Quinlan

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2013

Roderick Malcolm Gordon Lawrie

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2013

Colin Meiklem Frame

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2017

John Patrick Moses

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2012

John Dr Reed

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2021

Gavin William Jones

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2012

Timothy James Roake

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2012

John Alexander Robertson

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2012

Gail Hosie Jones

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2012

Wyndham Julian Rogers-coltman

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2013

Harvey John Scott

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2015

Eleanor Mary Taylor

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2012

Alan Richard Bowlas

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2014

Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2016

Karen Bagley

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2014

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|2 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Berwick Academy	137598	Secondary	in year deficitofsted concernworkforce pressurehigh absence

Berwick AcademySecondary

in year deficitofsted concernworkforce pressurehigh absence