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St Paul's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Porritt Street, Via Huntley Mount Road, Bury BL9 6LJ · stpaulsbury.co.uk · 0161 764 3788
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 43%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bury 64%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 184
- 88% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Bury
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 66.8%
- First language not English
- 51.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 28 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 | 28 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 19 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 23 | 18 | 0.8 | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 43% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼43% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼101 | 106 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105332)
Ofsted
St Paul's Church of England Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 1 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 1 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105332)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105332), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- May 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
- Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
May 2019Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105332)
Mar 2017Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105332)
Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105332)