Branton Community Primary School
Branton, Powburn, Alnwick, NE66 4JF
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Branton Primary School and Nursery. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Miller
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North Northumberland
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings in a sparse setting
- Capacity
- 42
- Pupils on roll
- 28
- URN
- 122188
- Local authority
- Northumberland
About this school
Branton Community Primary School was a community primary school in Alnwick. It taught children aged 2 to 11 and had 28 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Branton Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 1 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - |
| Expected standard in reading | - |
| Expected standard in maths | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - |
Trends over time
How Branton 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | 28 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Branton Community Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.5% | 21.1% | 28 | — |
| Branton Primary School and Nursery | — | — | — | 39 | 0.0 miles |
| Whittingham Church of England Primary School | 50% | 3.9% | 6.4% | 81 | 3.0 miles |
| Wooler First School | — | 5.8% | 12.8% | 107 | 7.8 miles |
| Ncea Harry Hotspur Church of England Primary School | — | 7.4% | 36.7% | 104 | 8.6 miles |
| Thropton Village First School | — | 4.6% | 3% | 36 | 8.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.05%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 4.46%
- Persistent absence
- 11.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Branton Primary School and Nursery0.0 miles
Primary · Alnwick
-
Whittingham Church of England Primary School3.0 miles
Primary · Alnwick
-
Wooler First School7.8 miles
Primary · Wooler
-
Ncea Harry Hotspur Church of England Primary School8.6 miles
Primary · Alnwick
-
Thropton Village First School8.7 miles
Primary · Morpeth
Other schools in Alnwick
- Branton Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Embleton Vincent Edwards Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hipsburn Primary School Primary
- Longhoughton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ncea Harry Hotspur Church of England Primary School Primary
- Shilbottle Primary School Primary
- St Paul's Catholic Primary School, Alnwick Primary
- Swansfield Park Primary School Primary
- Whittingham Church of England Primary School Primary
- The Duchess's Community High School Secondary
- Barndale School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Branton Community Primary School teach?
- Branton Community Primary School taught children aged 2 to 11. It was a primary school in Alnwick.
- Has Branton Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Branton Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Branton Community Primary School?
- Branton Community Primary School had 28 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- What are Branton Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Branton 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 8 July 2025.