Burradon Community Primary School
Burradon Road, Burradon, Cramlington, NE23 7NG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- The North Tyneside Learning Trust
- Headteacher
- Miss Angela Hunter
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Cramlington and Killingworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 200
- Pupils on roll
- 144
- URN
- 108612
- Local authority
- North Tyneside
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01912366888
About this school
Burradon Community Primary School is a foundation primary school in Cramlington. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 144 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Burradon Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 22 | 28 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 21% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 45% | 39% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 25% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 55% | 46% | 53% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 97.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 95.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Burradon Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | North Tyneside average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45% | 55.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 21% | 57.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 58.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 178 |
| 2023/24 | 163 |
| 2024/25 | 137 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Burradon Community Primary School compares
Burradon Community Primary School ranked 14th of 50 primary schools in North Tyneside for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 4.8% | 44.5% | 144 | — |
| Bailey Green Primary School | 74% | 4.2% | 26.7% | 469 | 0.5 miles |
| Grasmere Academy | 33% | 8.8% | 56.3% | 86 | 0.6 miles |
| Amberley Primary School | 55% | 4.2% | 27.1% | 405 | 0.8 miles |
| Fordley Primary School | 60% | 5.8% | 42% | 377 | 0.9 miles |
| Westmoor Primary School | 73% | 4.1% | 15.4% | 343 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.53%
- English as an additional language
- 3.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.84%
- Persistent absence
- 12.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bailey Green Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Killingworth
-
Grasmere Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Amberley Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
-
Fordley Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Cramlington
-
Westmoor Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Other schools in Cramlington
Burradon Community Primary School ranks 3rd of the 11 ranked primary schools in Cramlington.
- Beaconhill Community Primary School Primary
- Burnside Primary School Primary
- Cragside CofE Controlled Primary School Primary
- Cramlington Northburn Primary School Primary
- Cramlington Shanklea Primary School Primary
- Cramlington Village Primary School Primary
- Eastlea Primary School Primary
- Fordley Primary School Primary
- Hareside Primary School Primary
- Seghill First School Primary
- Ss Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary Academy Primary
- Cramlington Learning Village Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Burradon Community Primary School teach?
- Burradon Community Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Cramlington.
- Who is the headteacher of Burradon Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Burradon Community Primary School is Miss Angela Hunter, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Burradon Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Burradon Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Burradon Community Primary School?
- Burradon Community Primary School has 144 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Burradon Community Primary School full?
- Burradon Community Primary School has capacity for 200 pupils and 144 on roll (72%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Burradon Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Burradon Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Burradon Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Burradon Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Burradon Community Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Burradon Community Primary School is part of The North Tyneside Learning Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Burradon Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 45% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Burradon Community Primary School compare with other schools in North Tyneside?
- Burradon Community Primary School ranked 14th of 50 primary schools in North Tyneside for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Burradon Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Burradon Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Burradon Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Burradon Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 13 August 2026.