Browney Primary Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Browney, County Durham·DH7 8HX
Composite score
66.0
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#2,436
National rank
#129
In North East
#32
In County Durham
Top 16%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
20 first choices, 20 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
52
any preference, for 20 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.21
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9520221.3020231.1320240.7920251.002026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Browney Primary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
184
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,158
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Browney Primary Academy is a primary school serving Browney, County Durham, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 184 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 71% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 11.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 16% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Browney Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 20 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 17.7 pupils per teacher. Browney Primary Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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