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Residents who want to find out more about proposals on the future model of schools in the Berwick Partnership are being urged to attend the two drop-in sessions in the town.

Northumberland County Council has said it will invest £40million in schools in the Berwick Partnership – but the local authority has stressed the system needs to be “sustainable” and following what it says was an informal pre-consultation, it put forward two detailed proposals based on the current three-tier system and a two-tier system.

Under the proposed three-tier model Norham CE First and Scremerston First schools, and Glendale Middle School, would close. Under a two-tier model, Scremerston First and Glendale Middle schools would again close, along with Berwick and Tweedmouth Middle Schools.

Sessions in Wooler and Belford have already taken place and the remaining two are in Berwick – the first is at Berwick Academy this Saturday (10am to 2pm) and the other is at Berwick Middle School on Thursday, February 9 (6.30pm to 8.30pm).

The venues for the drop-in sessions include Berwick Academy.

Council and school representatives will be on hand to answer any questions.

First Berwick drop-in session on future model of schools in the area coming up at weekend