Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy

Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Knottingley, North Yorkshire, Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 189 pupils aged 3 to 11. 48% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 8.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 22 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. Brotherton and Byram Community 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.