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Hazlehurst Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Geoffrey Street, Ramsbottom, Bury BL0 9PQ · hha.northerneducationtrust.org · 01706 822002
Overview
- Ofsted
- Inadequate
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 90%
- 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
- 156
- 74% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Bury
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 7.7%
- First language not English
- 0%
- 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, 16 families put the school first and 19 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 | 19 | 16 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 34 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
Results
In 2024/25, 90% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ▲90% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲112 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105296)
Ofsted
Hazlehurst Primary Academy was judged Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 7 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Inadequate
- Inspected
- 7 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105296)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2011
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105296), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2011Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105296)
Feb 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105296)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (89 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 89
- 51% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on 5 parents (6%) whose child was bullied
based on 14 parents (16%) with SEND