St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Manchester, Bury·M25 2BW
Composite score
51.6
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#6,724
National rank
#917
In North West
#30
In Bury
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
31 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
55
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
11%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.16
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220221.0620230.9320240.8820251.032026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for St Margaret's Church of England Primary School yet. Bury does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
223
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,355
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

St Margaret's Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Manchester, Bury, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. Around 223 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 74% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Margaret's Church of England Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 31 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Margaret's Church of England Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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