Holcombe Brook Primary School is a primary school located in Bury. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 29/06/2016. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading is well above average, progress in writing is above average, progress in maths is average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.4%, which is 0.6 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Longsight Road, Bury

School Information

Address: Longsight Road, Bury, BL0 9TA
Website: www.holcombebrookprimary.org.uk/
Telephone: 01204882304
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Bury
Headteacher / Principal: David Bradshaw
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 105311

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 29/06/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 5 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 280
Number of Pupils: 267
Number of Boys: 158
Number of Girls: 109

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Above Average: 3.2 Confidence interval 1.2 to 5.2
Writing
Above Average: 2 Confidence interval 0.2 to 3.7
Maths
Average: 0 Confidence interval -1.7 to 1.7

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:65%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:15%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:106
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:103
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Holcombe Brook Primary School
Longsight Road , Holcombe Brook BL0 9TA 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Greenmount Primary School
Holhouse Lane , Greenmount BL8 4HD 		3out of 4 763 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Summerseat Methodist Primary School
Rowlands Road , Summerseat BL9 5NF 		- not rated 1,385 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Hazlehurst Community Primary School
Geoffrey Street , Ramsbottom BL0 9PQ 		4out of 4 1,392 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Holly Mount Roman Catholic Primary School, Bury
Hollymount Lane , Greenmount BL8 4HS 		4out of 4 1,472 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Woodhey High School
Bolton Road West , Ramsbottom BL0 9QZ 		- not rated 865 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Tottington High School
Laurel Street , Tottington BL8 3LY 		3out of 4 1,936 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Darul Uloom Al Arabiya Al Islamiya
Holcombe Hall , Holcombe Old Road BL8 4NG 		- not rated 1,443 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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