Branton Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 NextAcademy converter · Primary
Alnwick · NE66 4JF · Northumberland
Ages 2–11
- FSM12.8%
0.0 miles away
ClosedPrimaryURN 122188
Branton Community Primary School
Community school · Alnwick · NE66 4JF
Ages 2–11 · 28 pupils · Northumberland
Overall absence
4.3%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.3%
Persistent absence (10%+)0.0%
Unauthorised0.0%
- Authorised absence
- 4.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 12
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
2
Places offered
2
1st-preference offers
2
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 3
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 2
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (16 Jan 2025).
Capacity fill67%
28 pupils · 42 places
- Pupils on roll
- 28
- Boys / girls
- 14 / 14
- School capacity
- 42
- Capacity fill
- 28 / 42 (67%)
- Free school meals
- 18.2%
- FSM pupils
- 4
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Miller
Location
- Address
- Branton, Powburn
- Postcode
- NE66 4JF
- Town
- Alnwick
- County
- Northumberland
- Local authority
- Northumberland
- District
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Urban/rural
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Alnwick, Northumberland, 28 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 18.2%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Miller