Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Bury
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 31 March 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 28 November 2023Graded inspection: Requires improvement
- 10 June 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as Peel Brow School, URN 105368
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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 entry15 applications · 8 places offered · 8 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Bury median median 2.1
- 2025 1.5; Bury median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; Bury median median 1.8
- 2023 1.3; Bury median median 1.7
- 2022 1.6; Bury median median 1.7
- 2021 2.6; Bury median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 1.2; Bury median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2019 1.3; Bury median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2018 1.6; Bury median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 1.5; Bury median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2016 1.0; Bury median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2015 1.0; Bury median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2014 0.9; Bury median median 1.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Bury median
Dashed bars: as Peel Brow School (URN 105368), the previous school.
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 | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 8 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 10 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 7 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2023 | 19 | 25 | 1.3 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 9 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 17 | 21 | 1.2 | 17 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2019 * | 15 | 19 | 1.3 | 13 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2018 * | 10 | 16 | 1.6 | 8 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 * | 19 | 28 | 1.5 | 18 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2016 * | 23 | 23 | 1.0 | 19 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2015 * | 18 | 18 | 1.0 | 14 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2014 * | 20 | 18 | 0.9 | 14 | 0.70 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 86% · Writing 79% · Maths 79% → all three 71% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Bury median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 71% | 21% | 107 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 0% | 103 | 102 |
| 2022/23 | 35% | 3% | 100 | 101 |
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
- Peel Brow SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 20263.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- Good20231.5applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · BuryGood20243.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · LancashireRemains Good · concerns noted20242.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · BurySpecial measures Inadequate20231.7applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · BuryGood20231.8applications per place 31%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · BuryStandards maintained2024
- 3.0 km · LancashireGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148867 · 351/5200
- Capacity
- 210 pupils · 94 on roll
- Free school meals
- 43.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 March 2022
- Replaced
- Peel Brow School (URN 105368)
- Address
- Fir Street, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0BJ
- Local authority
- Bury
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources