Browney Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Harle Street, Browney, DH7 8HX – View on map
- Phone: 01913780562
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Catherine Harris
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 20 families put it first for 20 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 11 · 2025 8 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 29
- % eligible for free school meals: 16.0%
- Pupil mix: 1 in 10 (less mixed than the County Durham average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 15.2% a year (County Durham 13.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 25% moved to another school, 75% 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 County Durham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 12 (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: 3 (0.1 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 County Durham, 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: 3.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the County Durham average (62%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 73% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 73%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 75% · Writing 79% · Maths 75% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 103
- Based on: 24 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 57th of 184 junior and primary schools in the area
- =51Tudhoe Colliery Primary School72%
- =51Vane Road Primary School72%
- =57Browney Primary Academy71%
- =57Frosterley Primary School71%
- =57Middlestone Moor Academy71%
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19th of 141 primary schools in County Durham for Ofsted rating
- #17Bowburn Primary SchoolGood
- #18Broom Cottages Primary & Nursery SchoolGood
- #19Browney Primary AcademyGood
- #20Bullion Lane Primary SchoolGood
- #21Byers Green Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,158 (2024-25)
169th of 189 primary schools in County Durham for spending per pupil
- #167St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Esh Village£6,210
- #168Shincliffe CofE (Controlled) Primary School£6,191
- #169Browney Primary Academy£6,158
- #170Vane Road Primary School£6,092
- #171Ouston Primary School£6,083
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