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Northern Education Trust

Norton Primary Academy is one of 30 schools run by Northern Education Trust.

Type of school: Academy converter
Ages: 3 to 11

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Schools in the trust

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School	Phase	Local authority	Pupils	Governors on Governance Register	Latest Ofsted in our data (as at 30 Sep 2026)
Abbey Park Academy	Primary	Calderdale	217	9	Ungraded inspection 2022Last graded Good (Jun 2017)
Badger Hill Academy	Primary	Redcar and Cleveland	138	13	Good 2022
Buile Hill Academy	Secondary	Salford	870	10	Requires improvement 2022This inspection was of the school this one replaced.
Chesham Primary Academy	Primary	Bury	293	7	Inadequate 2023This inspection was of the school this one replaced.
Denton Community Academy	Secondary	Tameside	1,107	7	Inadequate 2022This inspection was of the school this one replaced.
Dyke House Sports and Technology College	Secondary	Hartlepool	1,293	12	Report card 2026Strong standard in all six areas; safeguarding standards met
Essa Academy	Secondary	Bolton	1,055	11	Report card 2026Strong standard in all six areas; safeguarding standards met
Essa Primary Academy	Primary	Bolton	387	10	Key judgements 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good; safeguarding effective
Farringdon Community Academy	Secondary	Sunderland	712	10	Report card 2026Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4; safeguarding standards met
Frederick Nattrass Primary Academy	Primary	Stockton-on-Tees	204	10	Ungraded inspection 2025Last graded Good (May 2016)
Freebrough Academy	Secondary	Redcar and Cleveland	814	14	Outstanding 2023
Hazlehurst Primary Academy	Primary	Bury	156	11	Inadequate 2023This inspection was of the school this one replaced.
Hetton Academy	Secondary	Sunderland	681	13	Key judgements 2024Good in all four key judgements; safeguarding effective
Hilton Primary Academy	Primary	Newcastle upon Tyne	415	9	Key judgements 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding; safeguarding effective
Kearsley Academy	Secondary	Bolton	768	13	Report card 2026Exceptional in 1 area, Strong standard in 5; safeguarding standards met
Kirk Balk Academy	Secondary	Barnsley	1,318	15	Good 2020Ungraded inspection Jun 2025, no grade given
Manor Community Academy	Secondary	Hartlepool	984	11	Report card 2025Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3; safeguarding standards met
Merlin Top Primary Academy	Primary	Bradford	343	13	Ungraded inspection 2024Last graded Outstanding (Mar 2019)
Mount Pellon Primary Academy	Primary	Calderdale	303	9	Ungraded inspection 2024Last graded Good (Jan 2019)
North Shore Academy	Secondary	Stockton-on-Tees	850	13	Report card 2026Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 1; safeguarding standards met
Norton Primary Academy (this school)	Primary	Stockton-on-Tees	320	13	Ungraded inspection 2025Last graded Good (Apr 2019)
Red House Academy	Secondary	Sunderland	432	10	Good 2020Ungraded inspection Mar 2025, no grade given
The Blyth Academy	Secondary	Northumberland	766	8	Good 2021Ungraded inspection Apr 2025, no grade given
The Ferns Primary Academy	Primary	Bolton	445	9	Report card 2026Strong standard in 5 areas, Expected standard in 2; safeguarding standards met
The Grangefield Academy	Secondary	Stockton-on-Tees	1,004	11	Outstanding 2022
The Oak Tree Academy	Primary	Stockton-on-Tees	216	13	Good 2019Ungraded inspection Mar 2025, no grade given
Thornaby Academy	Secondary	Stockton-on-Tees	443	13	Report card 2026Strong standard in 2 areas, Expected standard in 4; safeguarding standards met
Thorp Academy	Secondary	Gateshead	1,442	17	Ungraded inspection 2024Last graded Good (Apr 2019)
Walbottle Academy	Secondary	Newcastle upon Tyne	1,722	12	Good 2023
Whitecliffe Academy	Primary	Redcar and Cleveland	91	13	Ungraded inspection 2025Last graded Good (Nov 2011, previous school)
30 schools			19,789

Schools linked to the trust in the Governance Register school data (Get Information about Schools, extract of 24 Oct 2026). Pupils are on-roll counts from the register. Ofsted: latest inspection in the Ofsted management information (as at 30 September 2026); "No overall grade" means inspected since September 2024 without a one-word grade; what the inspection found is shown beneath, and the school's Ofsted card has the full table.

What this means

Funding: An academy is funded directly by the Department for Education, through its trust, rather than through the local council.
Admissions: The trust is the admissions authority and sets the admissions policy. Applications are usually still coordinated by the local council.
Governance: The trust board is legally accountable for the school. It often delegates some oversight to a local governing body.

General explanation of how academy trusts work in England, not a statement about this trust. See GOV.UK Academy trust governance guide.

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Ofsted

Ungraded inspectionInspected Jan 2025. No grade given.

Ofsted carried out an ungraded inspection. These inspections give no grade and no key judgements, so none is shown here. Read the report itself for what inspectors found.

Last graded inspection: Good (4 Apr 2019). Ofsted has not graded the school since; its latest visit, in Jan 2025, was ungraded.

Inspection history

Date	Outcome
Jan 2025	Ungraded inspection (no grade given)
04/04/2019	Good
29/11/2016	Requires improvement

Ofsted management information, as at 30 September 2026, via WhatSchool: Ofsted may have published a newer report since. Since September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade at new inspections, so a one-word grade, where shown, belongs to the inspection date beside it. Ungraded inspections give no grade and are dated by month only. Inspections from September 2024 to November 2025 grade key judgements; report cards (from November 2025) grade evaluation areas.

Ofsted reports for this school