Norton Primary Academy

Norton Primary Academy has demonstrated significant improvement in its performance since its last inspection in 2019, as indicated by the recent ungraded inspection. The school is characterized as a positive and engaging environment where pupils thrive academically and socially. The strong relationships between teachers and students foster a supportive atmosphere, underlining the school's commitment to core values like respect and resilience. The curriculum is ambitious and effectively designed, ensuring pupils are well-prepared for future educational stages.

Strengths

• Pupils display exceptional attitudes towards learning.
• The curriculum is carefully designed and effectively delivered.
• Teachers possess secure subject knowledge and provide stimulating learning opportunities.
• Personal development provision is broad and enhances pupils' self-esteem and aspirations.
• There is a strong focus on reading across the school.

Areas for Improvement

• A small minority of pupils do not attend regularly enough.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Norton Primary Academy attended 94.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 13.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.9% of pupils at Norton Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Norton Primary Academy had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.1% of pupils at Norton Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Norton Primary Academy received £7,257 and spent £8,006 for each of its 319 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £340,000 (£1,067 per pupil).

Across all 30 schools of Northern Education Trust, income was £8,462 and spending £8,166 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Stockton-On-Tees · Stockton-on-Tees local authority: places and applications

Norton Primary Academy is part of Northern Education Trust, which runs 30 schools. The nearest others:

• North Shore Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Frederick Nattrass Primary Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• The Oak Tree Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• The Grangefield Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Thornaby Academy Stockton-On-Tees
• Manor Community Academy Hartlepool
• Dyke House Sports and Technology College Hartlepool
• Freebrough Academy Saltburn-By-The-Sea
• Badger Hill Academy Saltburn-By-The-Sea
• Whitecliffe Academy Saltburn-By-The-Sea

What is Norton Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Norton Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Norton Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Norton Primary Academy was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Norton Primary Academy have?

Norton Primary Academy has 320 pupils on roll.

What age range does Norton Primary Academy cover?

Norton Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Norton Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Norton Primary Academy?

Norton Primary Academy is at Berkshire Road, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees, TS20 2RD.