Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy, Bury
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Bury, part of St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Bury (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy in detail
Results
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury (URN 105337), 70% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Across Bury, 91% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Bury lodged 61 appeals against primary school offers; 41 reached a hearing and 5 succeeded (12.2% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy are Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury (under 0.1 miles, Good, 70% reading, 77% maths); Old Hall Primary School (0.3 miles); Woodbank Primary School (0.7 miles, 81% reading, 72% maths); and Springside Primary School (0.8 miles, 86% reading, 71% maths).
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, BuryOld Hall Primary SchoolWoodbank Primary SchoolSpringside Primary School
The trust
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is one of 27 schools run by St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
All 27 schools in St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust
Who goes there
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.
Getting there
The nearest tram or metro stop is Bury Bolton Street (East Lancashire Railway), about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Garside Hey Road (opposite), 210 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy are Tottington High School (0.9 miles), The Elton High School (1 mile) and Woodhey High School (1.7 miles).
Tottington High SchoolThe Elton High SchoolWoodhey High School
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in July 2026. Before that, as Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury (URN 105337), it was rated Good in June 2012. See Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
Resourced provision: Speech and language, Autism
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Results at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published for Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury (URN 105337), the school Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy replaced. There are no figures for Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 70% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 81% to 77% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 77% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Term dates
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Bury's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
You apply to the council where you live. Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is in Bury; for families living there:
Apply to Bury for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 4
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt.
1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Bury is 10 (the median across 92 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury before it became an academy in 2026
Published for Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury (URN 105337), the school Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy replaced. There are no figures for Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 31 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 18 | 17 | 46 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 20 | 18 | 46 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 39 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 26 | 27 | 51 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 14 | 13 | 49 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2018 | 19 | 23 | 61 | 1.2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 20 | 24 | 51 | 1.2 | 7 |
| 2016 | 20 | 20 | 57 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 24 | 17 | 43 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2014 | 11 | 10 | 37 | 0.9 | 0 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Bury
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Bury
Across Bury council
Places available
2,275
Applications
1,901
Got 1st preference
91.4%
Got preferred school
98.1%
All primary applications across Bury council (2026/27), not just this school.
Special educational needs provision
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.
Source: Get Information about Schools (GIAS), Department for Education.
Absence at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published for Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury (URN 105337), the school Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy replaced. There are no figures for Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy yet, so these are shown separately.
4.6%
Overall absence
11.2%
Persistent absence
170
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Questions parents ask about Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy
Are there exam results for Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury (URN 105337), 70% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy's Ofsted rating?
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in July 2026. Before that, as Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury (URN 105337), it was rated Good in June 2012.
What is the catchment area for Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?
No fixed boundary. When Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is oversubscribed, Bury allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Does Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy have specialist SEN provision?
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.
How do I apply to Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?
Apply through Bury's coordinated admissions process, naming Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 4 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 3 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt. 1 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Bury is 10 (the median across 92 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy?
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy is at Rudgwick Drive, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 1YA.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)