Community school · Lancashire

Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary School

4–11Ages
170Pupils
PrimaryPhase
119196URN

Bolton Road North, Stubbins, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0NA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodFeb 2019

School remains Good (Concerns)Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.2per place

0.4 below Lancashire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

56 applications for 26 places · 280th of 366 in Lancashire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

72%met the expected standard

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodFeb 2019

School remains Good (Concerns)Ungraded inspection · Jun 2024

Inspection history

19 June 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
12 February 2019
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.2applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Lancashire median (2.6) close to England median (2.2)

56 applications · 26 places offered · 21 named it first

2026 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
2025 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
2024 2.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
2023 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
2022 1.8; Lancashire median median 2.5
2021 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
2020 2.4; Lancashire median median 2.7
2019 2.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
2018 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.7
2017 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
2016 3.0; Lancashire median median 2.6
2015 2.5; Lancashire median median 2.5
2014 2.1; Lancashire median median 2.4

More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 1 of 13 years.

This school
Lancashire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	26	56	2.2	21	0.81
Sep 2025	12	30	2.5	11	0.92
Sep 2024	24	48	2.0	21	0.88
Sep 2023	30	64	2.1	37	1.23
Sep 2022	24	44	1.8	23	0.96
Sep 2021	25	52	2.1	25	1.00
Sep 2020	23	54	2.4	22	0.96
Sep 2019	30	67	2.2	32	1.07
Sep 2018	28	70	2.5	29	1.04
Sep 2017	29	71	2.5	27	0.93
Sep 2016	30	91	3.0	47	1.57
Sep 2015	30	74	2.5	29	0.97
Sep 2014	31	65	2.1	34	1.10

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 93% · Writing 83% · Maths 79% → all three 72% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard72%115th of 444 in Lancashire

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard93%

Lancashire 77% England 78%

Higher standard45%

Lancashire 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard83%

Lancashire 74% England 75%

Greater depth14%

Lancashire 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard79%

Lancashire 76% England 77%

Higher standard24%

Lancashire 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

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Lancashire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	72%	10%	109	106
2023/24	63%	7%	107	108
2022/23	71%	26%	108	106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Ramsbottom Stubbins Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good · concerns noted2024

2.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Peel Brow School
1.5 km · Bury

2026

1.9applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Edenfield Church of England Primary School
1.5 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.0applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School
2.0 km · Bury

Good2024

3.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom
2.1 km · Bury

2026

3.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy
2.1 km · Bury

Good2023

1.5applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Hazlehurst Primary Academy
2.8 km · Bury

Special measures Inadequate2023

1.7applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
St Veronica's Roman Catholic Primary School, Helmshore
3.2 km · Lancashire

Good2024

4.9applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
Haslingden Broadway Primary School
3.3 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.7applications per place 48%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 119196 · 888/2121
Capacity: 214 pupils · 170 on roll
Free school meals: 13.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Bolton Road North, Stubbins, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0NA
Local authority: Lancashire · Rossendale

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources