Admissions
Open Evening 2026
Our next planned Open Evening event, for parents of Year 5 and 6 parents considering secondary school places from 2027 onwards, will be on Wednesday 30th September 2026. Check back here for more details closer to this time.
Berwick Partnership Reorganisation
The planned reorganisation of education in the Berwick Partnership of schools means that in September 2026 Berwick Academy will become a secondary school, with students in Years 7 to Year 13.
Students moving into Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 will transition to this school in September 2026. From September 2027, we will accept students moving from Year 6 into Year 7 each year.
School Year 2027-2028
September 2027 admission into Year 7 is for students in Year 6 applying for secondary school places by October 31st 2026.
The Published Admission Number for September 2027 is 180.
When oversubscribed, therefore, Berwick allocates places with priority given to the following:
- Students with an EHCP which names Berwick Academy as the provider
- Students in public care, resident in Northumberland
- Students who have a sibling who is already in the Academy
- Students with exceptional medical or social needs.
- Students who live in the published catchment area for the Academy
- Students, on the basis of the closeness of their home’s front door to the front gate of the Academy, measured by walking in the shortest possible line without entering private property.
Preference is given to those who live within the Catchment area as defined by Northumberland County Council and agreed by the Academy.
Berwick Academy applications are made via the Local Authority portal with an application deadline of 31st October 2026. https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/education-skills/schools/school-admissions-places-appeals
In-Year Applications
My child is in Year 9, 10 or 11 currently at another school, and I would like to apply for a place in year at Berwick Academy
In year applications to Berwick Academy are handled by Northumberland County Council. More information can be found from the County Council website by clicking this link: Moving Schools (In Year Applications)
My child is in Year 11 at another school, and they would like to apply for a place in Sixth Form at Berwick Academy
Sixth Form Applications from external students are handled within school. Please see the Sixth Form pages for further information.
Entry into the 6th Form will be open to any student through written application and an interview. An offer of a place will be made, subject to examination results in Key Stage 4. The same priorities in decisions regarding oversubscription will exist as those in place for Year 9. External applicants will only be offered a place after all students from Berwick’s own Year 11 have had their destinations resolved.
Students from other schools wishing to attend sixth form at Berwick Academy can apply using the form at this link: Post 16 Application Form