Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Scarborough, North Yorkshire·YO11 3LG
Composite score
29.0
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#13,556
National rank
#1442
In Yorkshire and The Humber
#213
In North Yorkshire
Top 92%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
41%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.90
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
40
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9120221.0020231.0020240.9320250.902026

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

Every child who put Braeburn Primary and Nursery 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
354
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
70.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
5.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,951
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

About Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy

Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy is a primary school in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 354 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 41% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 9.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 100 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 26 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.2%. There are about 18.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 70% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Braeburn Primary and Nursery 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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