Spittal Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland
Spittal Community Primary School is a primary school in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 20 May 2025.
Key facts
- Address
- Main Street, Spittal, Berwick-upon-Tweed, TD15 1RD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Northumberland
- Pupils on roll
- 128 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 20 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Spittal Community School are proud to be part of this caring village school.”
- “Strong and trusting relationships exist between families and staff.”
- “This helps to ensure that pupils receive the best care.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the important content pupils need to learn and remember is not as clear.”
- “This means that in these subjects, lesson activities do not consistently match the intended learning as well as they could.”
- “As a result, pupils learning is not as secure as it could be across the breadth of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 22 first-preference applications, 22 offers in total, 22 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Northumberland.
- Prior Park Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Berwick 0.9 mi Standards maintained
- Tweedmouth West Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Scremerston First School 1.4 mi Not judged
- Berwick St Mary's Church of England Primary School 2.1 mi School remains Good
- Norham St Ceolwulfs CofE Controlled Primary School 7.1 mi Not judged
- Lowick Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 7.4 mi Good