Primary school in Bury
Unsworth Primary School
Blackley Close, Unsworth, Bury, Lancashire, BL9 8LY
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 14 March 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Key stage 2 results 2024/25
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Reached the higher standard
Average reading score
Average maths score
On the headline measure this school is in the top 10% of state-funded primaries in England.
Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.
There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 232
- Places
- 210
- How full
- Full — 232 pupils against 210 places
- Girls / boys
- 106 / 126
- Overall absence
- 4%
- Persistently absent
- 8%
primary schools average 5.2%
primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 14%
- English as an additional language
- 6%
- With an EHC plan
- 12%
- On SEN support
- 16%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Bury 017C, 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
- 34%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 17%
- Households owning their home
- 86%
- Households in social housing
- 2%
- Households with no car
- 15%
- Adults economically inactive
- 44%
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 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- OAK LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Joanne Grundy
- Local authority
- Bury
- Ward
- Unsworth
- Constituency
- Bury South
- URN
- 146932
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, StandVoluntary controlled school | Good 2023 | 59% | 0.3 mi |
| Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | No grade | 56% | 0.3 mi |
| Mersey Drive Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 50% | 0.4 mi |
| Sunny Bank Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 75% | 0.4 mi |
| Ribble Drive Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2019 | 56% | 0.4 mi |
| St Bernadette's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2020 | 74% | 0.5 mi |
| St Michael's Roman Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 58% | 0.5 mi |
| Whitefield Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2021 | 63% | 0.8 mi |
Schools with a similar intake
State-funded primary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard |
|---|---|---|
| St Margaret's Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 67% |
| Brindishe Lee SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 79% |
| Honeywell Junior SchoolFoundation school | Good 2022 | 84% |
| Gresham Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 86% |
| Margaret Roper Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Good 2023 | 70% |
| Our Lady of Muswell Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Outstanding 2024 | 82% |
| Glebe Primary SchoolCommunity school | Requires improvement 2023 | 56% |
| Towers Junior SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 66% |
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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