Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Low Street, Brotherton, Knottingley, WF11 9HQ – View on map
- Phone: 01977355020
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Ben Greene
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 19 families put it first for 22 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 8 of the 22 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 54
- % eligible for free school meals: 33.1%
- Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 5% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in North Yorkshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 8.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 48% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 13 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 52% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 52%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 76% · Writing 52% · Maths 52% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
- Average test scores: reading 101, maths 99
- Based on: 21 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 183rd of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =170West Heslerton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School50%
- =183Bentham Community Primary School48%
- =183Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy48%
- =183Hipswell Church of England Primary School48%
- =183St Mary's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy48%
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34th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #32Brompton and Sawdon Community Primary SchoolGood
- #33Brompton-on-Swale Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #34Brotherton and Byram Community Primary AcademyGood
- #35Burneston Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
- #36Burnsall Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,711 (2024-25)
172nd of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #170Greatwood Community Primary School£6,739
- #171Croft Church of England Primary School£6,723
- #172Brotherton and Byram Community Primary Academy£6,711
- #173Eppleby Forcett Church of England Primary School£6,700
- #174St Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy£6,678
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