Brandon Primary Academy

State-Funded School

brandon-primary-academy-durham-north-east

North EastRegion

DurhamLocal Authority

City of DurhamConstituency

DH7 8NLPostcode

6.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Brandon Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Durham, North East.

It currently serves 280 pupils. Brandon Primary Academy is part of Advance Learning Partnership.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 64%
Higher standard: 6%
Reading score: 105
Maths score: 104

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

280

Total Pupils

48%Boys

53%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

55%

England average

27%

First language not English

10%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 280
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: Advance Learning Partnership

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
20 Jan 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
31 Mar 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.