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Elton Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Alston Street, Bury BL8 1SB · eltonprimary.bc-et.co.uk · 0161 705 2674
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 62%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bury 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Bury Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 307
- 97% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Bury
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 36.2%
- First language not English
- 26.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Bury Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 33 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 33 | 26 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 21 | 0.7 | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 43 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 40 | 37 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 16% the higher standard. Across Bury it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●62% | 62% | ||
| ▲16% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Elton Community Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 25 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Mar 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 38
- 12% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 32% who had a child bullied