Browney Primary AcademyBrandon Primary Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Browney Primary Academy and Brandon Primary Academy are primary schools.

  • Browney Primary Academy scores 71 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Brandon Primary Academy scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Browney Primary Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Browney Primary Academy was judged Good and Brandon Primary Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 71.0% for Browney Primary Academy and 57.0% for Brandon Primary Academy.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Browney Primary Academy (62.0% in 2022-23, 71.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Brandon Primary Academy (48.0% in 2022-23, 57.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Browney Primary Academy versus Brandon Primary Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BrowneyBrowney Primary AcademyDurhamBrandon Primary AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB71/100Stronger figureD52/100
Local ranking19th of 202 in County Durham Stronger figure106th of 202 in County Durham
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll184 294
Capacity126 496
LocationBrowney, DH7 8HX Durham, DH7 8NL
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard71.0% Stronger figure57.0% 62.0%
At higher standard17.0% Stronger figure14.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score103.0 104.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census184 294
Free school meals (ever 6)17.4% 55.3%
English as an additional language1.6% 7.1%
SEN support12.5% 32.0%
SEN with an EHC plan3.8% 4.4%
Attendance
Overall absence3.9% Stronger figure6.6% 6.2%
Persistent absence8.2% Stronger figure14.5% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Browney Primary Academy

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