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Best primary schools in Bury

55 of 64 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Bury schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Chantlers Primary School Bury 97.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Hazlehurst Primary Academy Bury 90.0% Inadequate undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Gorsefield Primary School Manchester 88.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Greenhill Primary School Bury hidden gem 86.0% Good undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Unsworth Primary School Bury hidden gem 82.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Christ Church CofE Primary School Bury 79.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Sunny Bank Primary School Bury 75.0% Good oversubscribed 1.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury Bury 74.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Manchester 74.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Manchester 74.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Yesoiday Hatorah Boys Academy Manchester 72.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2025/26 approximate
12 Our Lady of Grace RC Primary School Manchester 71.0% Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Park View Primary School Manchester 71.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Peel Brow School Bury 71.0% Requires improvement about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Chesham Primary Academy Bury 70.0% Inadequate about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Hollins Grundy Primary School Bury hidden gem 70.0% Good undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Yesoiday Hatorah Girls Academy Manchester 70.0% Outstanding about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2025/26 approximate
18 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe Manchester 69.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School Bury 67.0% Good oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Heaton Park Primary School Manchester 67.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 St Stephen's Church of England Primary School Bury 67.0% Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Lowercroft Primary School Bury hidden gem 66.0% Good declining undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Springside Primary School Bury 66.0% Not judged about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School, Prestwich Manchester 66.0% Not judged improving oversubscribed 1.27 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 St Thomas Church of England Primary School Bury 66.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary Academy Bury hidden gem 65.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Chapelfield Primary School Manchester 64.0% Good about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Bury 64.0% Good oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hawkshaw Bolton Road, Hawkshaw, Bury 64.0% Not judged improving undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 St Peter's Church of England Primary School Bury 64.0% Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 Butterstile Primary School Manchester 63.0% Good about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 Radcliffe Primary School Manchester hidden gem 63.0% Good improving undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 Whitefield Community Primary School Manchester 63.0% Good about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Woodbank Primary School Bury 63.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 East Ward Community Primary School Bury 62.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Elton Community Primary School Bury hidden gem 62.0% Good improving undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 Higher Lane Primary School Manchester 62.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 Cams Lane Primary School Manchester 61.0% Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
39 Wesley Methodist Primary School Manchester 60.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
40 All Saints Church of England Primary School, Stand Manchester 59.0% Good improving about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
41 Tottington Primary School Bury 59.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
42 St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Manchester 58.0% Inadequate about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
43 Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School Bury 56.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
44 Ribble Drive Community Primary School Manchester 56.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
45 St John's Church of England Primary School, Radcliffe Bury 56.0% Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
46 St Luke's CofE Primary School Bury 56.0% Good about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
47 Mersey Drive Community Primary School Manchester 50.0% Good about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
48 Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary School Manchester 50.0% Good about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
49 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Ramsbottom Bury hidden gem 50.0% Good undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
50 St Hilda's Church of England Primary School Manchester 50.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
51 St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Manchester 46.0% Good about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
52 St John with St Mark CofE Primary School Bury 43.0% Good about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
53 St Paul's Church of England Primary School Bury 43.0% Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
54 Holy Trinity Primary School Bury hidden gem 37.0% Good undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
55 Summerseat Methodist Primary School Bury hidden gem 31.0% Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Bury

9 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Bury, not a fairer one.

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