Hugh Joicey Church of England Primary School, Ford
Primary · Berwick-upon-Tweed · TD15 2QA
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 15 May 2024
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49 pupils · 65% of 75 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 4–10
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 16.3% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 7.7% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 5.8% of pupils
- URN
- 122291
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place5 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 15 May 2024: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 6 February 2019: Good
- 9 June 2017: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 1 November 2016: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.