St Peter's Church of England Primary School, Bury

Ofsted's report card from its 27 January 2026 inspection grades St Peter's Church of England Primary School on 7 areas: 5 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils typically make secure progress through the curriculum across year groups and key stages."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders monitor attendance closely and use detailed analysis to identify the causes of pupils' absences."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years curriculum is set out logically and progressively."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders place pupils' needs at the centre of their decision making."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal development programme enables pupils to develop their knowledge and understanding beyond the academic."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The curriculum's design and delivery are inconsistent."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "The impact of leaders' work in relation to curriculum development remains variable and inconsistencies in practice persist."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that the essential knowledge for each subject is clearly defined and organised in a logical, sequential way, enabling teachers to know what to teach and when. They should also provide pupils with regular opportunities to practise and apply their learning"; "Leaders should ensure that highly effective teaching is embedded across the school so that teachers design new learning better suited to pupils' starting points to enable all groups of pupils to make sustained progress across the full curriculum and achieve well over time"; "Governors should refine and strengthen the approaches that they take to make their actions more robust and to assure themselves that the work of leaders is having the intended impact".

In its own words: "We are striving to provide an environment where everyone can flourish academically, spiritually and socially . Guided by our Christian values, we aim to:- Being wise involves being able to look at situations from different points of view, understanding other people's opinions and behaviour."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care until 4:00pm, from £5.00 per day.

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils at St Peter's Church of England Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 82% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 77% and 77% in Bury and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (79% in reading, 79% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put St Peter's Church of England Primary School as their first choice and 53 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 6 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Peter's Church of England Primary School are St Luke's CofE Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 67% reading, 67% maths); Radcliffe Hall Church of England Methodist Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 64% reading, 69% maths); Holy Trinity Primary School (0.9 miles, Good, 57% reading, 50% maths); and St Marie's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury (0.9 miles, Outstanding, 77% reading, 90% maths).

St Peter's Church of England Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

106 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Peter's Church of England Primary School (as of April 2026): 93% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 90% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (93%); the weakest, that they are kept well informed about progress (79%).

32.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (47%), Asian (37%) and Mixed (8%).

The nearest tram or metro stop is Bury (Manchester Metrolink), about 1 mile away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Vale Avenue (near), 340 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Peter's Church of England Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, St Peter's Church of England Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Peter's Church of England Primary School are The Derby High School (0.4 miles); Bury Church of England High School (0.6 miles); St Gabriel's RC High School, a Voluntary Academy (0.8 miles); and Star Radcliffe Academy (1.2 miles).