Burradon Community Primary School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 2–11 · Cramlington, North Tyneside
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.40 miles
Published by North Tyneside Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Burradon Community Primary School is a primary school in Cramlington, North Tyneside for ages 2–11 (foundation school). North Tyneside has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Burradon Community Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 1.40 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For 2025 Reception entry, the last child offered a place lived 1.40 miles away, the 21st shortest of 55 North Tyneside primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For 2026 Reception entry there were 23 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 38.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in North Tyneside is 34.7%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other North Tyneside schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Burradon Road, Burradon, Cramlington, NE23 7NG
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- North Tyneside
- Pupils on roll
- 144 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school feel part of a close-knit, caring community where staff know and value every individual.”
- “The school’s values of care and respect are evident in daily routines and relationships.”
- “Staff greet pupils warmly each morning and take time to check on their wellbeing.”
To improve
- “Leaders acknowledge that published outcomes at the end of key stage 2 must improve because some pupils are not as prepared as they could be for secondary school.”
- “However, on occasion, teaching does not address misconceptions or close gaps in knowledge swiftly or precisely enough, particularly with regards to the accuracy and fluency in writing.”
- “Many children start school with gaps in their knowledge and skills.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 23 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 23 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in North Tyneside.
- Bailey Green Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Grasmere Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Amberley Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fordley Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Westmoor Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Marys Catholic Primary School, Forest Hall 1.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Greenfields Community Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ivy Road Primary School 1.8 mi Inadequate Last distance published