Branton Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Alnwick · NE66 4JF
Data updated
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 29 March 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
39 pupils · 93% of 42 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 12.8% of pupils (January 2026)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151712
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 5 families named it first for 5 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2012 to 2024; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 29 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place5 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2024 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2024 entry.
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Northumberland school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 100% (Northumberland 90%, England 60%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,473; 33.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 38.7% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 14.8% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 35.8% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 12.8% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 47.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 47.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 5.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 46.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 50.6% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 0.6% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 23.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 5.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027375 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £188,50018 sales within 2 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £150,000–£304,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 2 km across every state school.
Fewer than ten homes sold within 1 km, so the figures use 2 km.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 2 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 0a rural school averages 3.4
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 0a rural school averages 0.9
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted