Primary school in Bury
Holcombe Brook Primary School
Longsight Road, Holcombe Brook, Bury, Lancashire, BL0 9TA
Ofsted
Standards maintained at the last ungraded inspection, on 11 December 2024.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Places
- 280
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Bury 002B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 36%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 18%
- Households owning their home
- 78%
- Households in social housing
- 13%
- Households with no car
- 15%
- Adults economically inactive
- 47%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: David Westerby
- Local authority
- Bury
- Ward
- North Manor
- Constituency
- Bury North
- URN
- 152378
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenmount Primary SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | — | 0.4 mi |
| Summerseat Methodist Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Good 2023 | 31% | 0.8 mi |
| Hazlehurst Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Inadequate 2023 | 90% | 0.8 mi |
| Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, BuryVoluntary aided school | Good 2024 | 74% | 0.8 mi |
| Old Hall Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.9 mi |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, RamsbottomVoluntary controlled school | No grade | 50% | 1.2 mi |
| St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School Ramsbottom, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 65% | 1.2 mi |
| Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | No grade | — | 1.2 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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