Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy

Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy is performing well across all inspected areas, having moved on from its previous requires-improvement judgement. Pupils are positive, hard-working and proud of their work, behaviour is calm and orderly, and relationships between staff and pupils are strong. The school’s values of respect, self-belief, honesty and kindness are evident in pupils’ polite and inclusive attitudes, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The curriculum is carefully sequenced and ambitious, with effective support for pupils with SEND and strong provision for early reading, phonics and the early years. Pupils benefit from a wide wider-curriculum offer, including clubs, visits and residentials, and pastoral care is a notable strength. Attendance is improving, and trustees and governors fulfil their duties well, with staff feeling supported and motivated. There are still some inconsistencies. The new writing curriculum is not taught consistently well, leading to variation in the quality of pupils’ writing, and religious education activities and assessment are not closely matched to intended learning, so pupils do not remember key knowledge as well as they should. The school and trust are asked to support staff to deliver the curriculum consistently across all subjects.

Strengths

• High expectations and a curriculum designed to reflect them
• Pupils enjoy learning, work hard and take pride in their work
• Calm, orderly and well-looked-after school environment
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• Pupils are polite, kind, respectful and have a strong sense of fairness
• Effective support and adaptations for pupils with SEND
• Curriculum is carefully sequenced from early years to Year 6
• Strong teaching of phonics and early reading
• Pupils become confident and fluent readers
• Early years provision gives children a wonderful start, especially in language and confidence
• Pastoral care is very strong and pupils feel listened to and valued
• Wide wider-curriculum offer including clubs, theatre visits and residentials
• Trustees and governors fulfil their duties thoroughly
• Staff workload is monitored and professional development is well supported
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• The new writing curriculum is not taught consistently well, causing variation in pupils’ writing quality
• Religious education activities and assessment are not closely matched to intended learning, so pupils do not remember key knowledge over time
• In a small number of subjects, teaching activities do not always match intended learning outcomes
• Pupils do not consistently have enough opportunities to practise and apply key learning in some subjects

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 Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.1% 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, 7.3% of pupils at Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy had 19.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.1% 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, 17.1% of pupils at Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.4% 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 Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy received £8,514 and spent £8,488 for each of its 345 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £37,000 (£108 per pupil).

Across all 25 schools of Ebor Academy Trust, income was £8,088 and spending £8,086 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 Scarborough · North Yorkshire local authority: places and applications

Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy is part of Ebor Academy Trust, which runs 26 schools. The nearest others:

• Filey Church of England Nursery and Infants Academy Filey
• Sherburn Church of England Primary Academy Malton
• Luttons Community Primary Academy Malton
• Sigglesthorne Church of England Primary Academy Hull
• Riston Church of England Primary Academy Hull
• Robert Wilkinson Primary Academy York
• St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy Hull
• Sproatley Endowed Church of England Academy Hull
• Osbaldwick Primary Academy York
• Haxby Road Primary Academy York

What is Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy have?

Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy has 316 pupils on roll.

What age range does Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy cover?

Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 41% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy?

Braeburn Primary and Nursery Academy is at Braeburn, Eastfield, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3LG.